Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies

545 Pages·2019·8.284 MB·English

by  Lucas Gottzén, Ulf Mellström, Tamara Shefer

Routledge International Handbook
of Masculinity Studies
TheRoutledgeInternationalHandbookofMasculinityStudiesprovidesacontemporarycriticalandschol-
arlyoverviewoftheorizingandresearchonmasculinitiesaswellasemergingideasandareasofstudy
thatarelikelytoshaperesearchandunderstandingofgenderandmeninthefuture.
Theforty-eightchaptersofthehandbooktakeaninterdisciplinaryapproachtoarangeoftopicson
men and masculinities related to identity, sex, sexuality, culture, aesthetics, technology and pressing
socialissues.Thehandbook’stransnationallensacknowledgesboththelocalitiesandglobalcharacterof
masculinity.Aclearmessageinthebookistheneedforintersectionaltheorizingindialoguewithfem-
inist,queerandsexualitystudiesinmakingsenseofmenandmasculinities.
Writteninaclearanddirectstyle,thehandbookwillappealtostudents,teachersandresearchersin
thesocialsciencesandhumanities,aswellasprofessionals,practitionersandactivists.
Lucas Gottzén is Professor at the Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm Univer-
sity, Sweden. His research takes feminist and critical perspectives on youth, gender and sexuality,
particularly focusing on young and adult men’s violence. His recent books include Av det känsli-
gare slaget: Män och våld mot kvinnor (‘The (Un)Sensitive Kind: Men and Violence against
Women’, 2019), Genus (‘Gender’, 2020, with Eriksson) and Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner
Violence (2020, co-edited with Bjørnholt and Boonzaier).
Ulf Mellström isananthropologistandProfessorofGenderStudiesatKarlstadUniversity,Sweden.
He has published extensively within the areas of masculinity studies, transport- and mobility studies,
genderandtechnology,genderandrisk,engineeringstudies,globalizationandhighereducation.Heis
thefounderandeditor-in-chiefofNORMA:InternationalJournalforMasculinityStudies.
Tamara Shefer isProfessorofWomen’sandGenderStudies,FacultyofArts,UniversityoftheWest-
ernCape,SouthAfrica.Herscholarshiphasfocusedonintersectionalgenderandsexualjustice,including
researchoncriticalmasculinitiesstudies.Hercurrentworkisfocusedonrethinkingscholarshiponsexu-
alitiesandgenderwithinfeministdecolonialapproaches.Recentco-editedbooksareEngagingYouthin
ActivistResearchandPedagogicalPraxis:TransnationalandIntersectionalPerspectivesonGender,Sex,andRace
(2018,withHearn,Ratele&Boonzaier)andSociallyJustPedagogiesinHigherEducation:CriticalPosthuma-
nistandNewFeministMaterialistPerspectives(2018,withBozalek,Braidotti&Zembylas).
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Contents
Listofcontributors x
Acknowledgments xx
Introduction:mappingthefieldofmasculinitystudies 1
LucasGottzén,UlfMellströmandTamaraShefer
PART1
Theoriesandperspectives 17
1 Theinstitutionalizationof(critical)studiesonmenandmasculinities:
geopoliticalperspectives 19
JeffHearnandRichardHowson
2 Feminismandmen/masculinitiesscholarship:connections,disjunctionsand
possibilities 31
ChrisBeasley
3 Hegemony,hegemonicmasculinity,andbeyond 41
RichardHowsonandJeffHearn
4 PierreBourdieuandthestudiesonmenandmasculinities 52
MiklósHadas
5 Foucault’smen,orwhathavemasturbatingboysandancientmentodo
withmasculinity? 62
LucasGottzén
6 Queertheoryandcriticalmasculinitystudies 72
JonathanA.Allan
7 Intersectionality 82
Ann-DorteChristensenandSuneQvotrupJensen
v
Contents
8 Postcolonialmasculinities:diverse,shiftingandinflux 92
FatanehFarahaniandSuruchiThapar-Björkert
9 Approachingaffectivemasculinities 103
ToddW.Reeser
10 Masculinitystudiesandposthumanism 112
UlfMellström
PART2
Identitiesandintersectionalities 123
11 Africanandblackmenandmasculinities 125
KopanoRatele
12 Whitemasculinity 135
TobiasHübinette
13 MenandmasculinitiesincontemporaryEastAsia:continuities,
changes,andchallenges 143
MarioLiongandLihShingChan
14 Disability,embodimentandmasculinities:acomplexmatrix 154
SteveRobertson,LeeMonaghanandKrisSouthby
15 Transmasculinities 165
MiriamJ.AbelsonandTristenKade
16 ‘Littleboys’:thesignificanceofearlychildhoodinthemakingof
masculinities 174
DeeviaBhana
17 Youngmasculinities:masculinitiesinyouthstudies 183
SigneRavnandStevenRoberts
18 “Maturing”theoriesofageingmasculinitiesandthediverseidentity
workofoldermeninlaterlife 192
AnnaTarrant
19 Men,masculinitiesandsocialclass 201
MichaelR.M.Ward
vi
Contents
PART3
Sexandsexualities 211
20 Thetransformationofhomosociality 213
NilsHammarénandThomasJohansson
21 Masculinityandhomoeroticism 223
GarethLongstaff
22 Theshiftingrelationshipbetweenmasculinityandhomophobia 233
SarahDiefendorfandTristanBridges
23 Multipleformsofmasculinityingaymalesubcultures 244
RustyBarrett
24 Sexualaffects:masculinityandonlinepornographies 253
SteveGarlick
25 Exploringmen,masculinityandcontemporarydatingpractices 262
ChrisHaywood
26 Masculinitiesandsexworkers 272
JohnScott
PART4
Spaces,movementsandtechnologies 281
27 Menandmasculinitiesinmigrationprocesses 283
KatarzynaWojnicka
28 Locatingcriticalmasculinitiestheory:masculinitiesinspaceandplace 292
MadhuraLohokare
29 Ruralmasculinities 302
BarbaraPiniandRobynMayes
30 Menincaringoccupationsandthepostfeministgenderregime 311
RuthSimpsonandPatriciaLewis
31 Exploringfatherhoodincriticalgenderresearch 320
HelenaWahlströmHenriksson
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Contents
32 Reconfiguringmasculinitiesandeducation:interconnectinglocaland
globalidentities 331
MáirtínMacanGhaill
33 Thecoproductionofmasculinityandtechnology:
problemsandprospects 341
AndreasOttemo
34 Menonthemove:masculinities,(auto)mobilityandcarcultures 351
DagBalkmar
35 Men,healthandmedicalization:anoverview 360
SteveRobertsonandTimShand
PART5
Culturesandaesthetics 371
36 The‘malepreserve’thesis,sportingculture,andmen’spower 373
ChristopherR.MatthewsandAlexChannon
37 Masculinityneverplaysitself:fromrepresentationstoforms
inAmericancinemaandmediastudies 384
TerranceH.McDonald
38 Masculinitiesinfashionanddress 394
AndrewReillyandJoséBlancoF.
39 Masculinities,foodandcooking 404
MichelleSzabo
40 Men,masculinitiesandmusic 414
SamdeBoise
41 Masculinitiesandliterarystudies:past,present,andfuturedirections 425
JosepM.Armengol
42 Menandmasculinityinartandarthistory 434
BettinaUppenkamp
PART6
Problems,challengesandwaysforward 445
43 Masculinities,lawandcrime:socio-legalstudiesandthe‘manquestion’ 447
RichardCollier
viii
Contents
44 Discursivetrendsinresearchonmasculinitiesandinterpersonalviolence 457
FlorettaBoonzaierandTarynvanNiekerk
45 Masculinities,warandmilitarism 467
ClaireDuncanson
46 Ecologicalmasculinities:aresponsetotheManthropocenequestion? 477
MartinHultmanandPaulPulé
47 Masculinityand/atrisk:thesocialandpoliticalcontextofmen’s
risktakingasembodiedpractices,performancesandprocesses 488
VictoriaRobinson
48 Trendsandtrajectoriesinengagingmenforgenderjustice 498
TalPeretz
Index 508
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