Debating Modern Masculinities Change, Continuity, Crisis [Hardcover]

Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The contributors deconstruct and reject such crisis talk, with its chapters drawing on original research to present a more nuanced reality, whilst also developing a critical dialogue with one another.1. Introduction: Masculinities in Transition: Change, Continuity, Crisis?; Steven Roberts 2. The Limits of Masculinity: Boys, Taste and Cultural Consumption; Victoria Cann 3. Degrees of Masculinity: Working and Middle Class Undergraduate Students' Constructions of Masculine Identities; Nicola Ingram and Richard Waller 4. 'We're Different to Everyone Else': Contradictory Working-Class Masculinities in Contemporary Britain; Michael R.M Ward 5. Oppression, Acceptance or Civil Indifference? Middle-aged Gay Men's Accounts of 'Heterospaces'; Paul Simpson 6. Brothers of Metal! Heavy Metal Masculinities, Moshpit Practices and Homosociality; Gabby Riches 7. Straight Guys do Wear Make-up: Contemporary Masculinities and Investment in Appearance; Brendan Gough, Matthew Hall, Sarah Seymour-Smith 8. Theorizing Masculinities in Contemporary Britain; Eric Anderson and Mark McCormack

An excellent collection of chapters critiquing the ongoing commonsense notion ... that there is a crisis of masculinity. The chapters are united in their deconstruction of this notion, presenting instead a range of portraits of modern masculinities ... It will be of interest to students and researchers in a number of different fields, most notably in gender studies and the sociology of youth. - Charlie Walker, University of Southampton, UK

Challenging the assumption that masculinity is in crisis by outlining how social change has had a positive impact upon the identity of boys and men, this book presents a wide ranging set of chapters that place contemporary masculinity in a more inclusive, rather than orthodox, state of flux. Educators, rl)