Deconstructing Men & Masculinities
Published on 26. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-19-543076-9 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive introduction to masculine identity politics in Canada offers a range of viewpoints, narratives, and evidence about the contested nature of masculinity. Drawing primarily on author Michael Atkinson's ethnographic research of Canadian men over the past decade, the text explores the idea of masculinity in crisis and the attempt by many men to move beyond this perceived crossroads. Atkinson reviews the historical links between masculinity and social power, the cultural associations between masculinity and violence, the role of masculinity in sports cultures, the problems of masculinity for young men, the mass mediation of masculinity and misandry, and the rise of alternative and 'feminine' masculinities. Never before have men's social roles, statuses, and identities been so open to cultural critique and redefinition; Deconstructing Men and Masculinities provides an engaging sociological narrative to guide readers through this ground-breaking area of study.
Reviews / Votes
Deconstructing Men & Masculinities is a book with tremendous potential from a highly respected scholar. * Jeffrey Montez de Oca, Histoire sociale Vol. XLV No. 90 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
10 photos, 3 figures; 1 table (all b/w)
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-543076-9 (9780195430769)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Michael Atkinson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto. Before arriving at U of T, Atkinson taught research methods at the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Loughborough University in the UK. Atkinson has also taught in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario and in the sociology departments at both Memorial University and McMaster University. Throughout his academic career, Atkinson has researched and taught courses in the sociology of bodies, sport, health and wellness, deviance and crime, popular culture, subcultures, youth, and research methods. He locates his work within three substantive areas: masculinities, violence, and liminality.
Content
Preface ; Introduction: Masculinity in Crisis? ; What? A Masculinity Crisis? Really? ; Defining the Crisis ; Perceiving the Crisis ; Summary ; 1. Men, Power, and Pastiche Hegemony ; Chapter Objectives ; Knowing Masculinity and Social Power ; The Root of It All: Hegemony, Late Modernity, and Fear ; Late modernity, implosion, and crisis ; Summary ; 2. Violence, Residue, and Pastiche Hegemony ; Chapter Objectives ; Masculinity, Violence, and Moral Panicking: The Usual Suspects ; Violence, men, and media panics ; Spectacle, Self-Violence, and Crisis Subjectivities: Project Mayhem ; I. Backyard Wrestling ; II. Laddism ; III. Bugchasing ; IV. Ultra-Endurance Running ; Summary ; 3. The Lost (and Found) Boys ; Chapter Objectives ; Finding Boys through Straightedge ; Crisis, Callings, and Boyhood Masculinities ; Doing the Straightedge Vocation ; Summary ; 4. Male Femininities, Metrosexualities, and Liquid Ubersexualities ; Chapter Objectives ; Real Men Disappearing in a Risk Society ; Male Femininity ; Liquid Ubersexuality ; Ubersexuality and Body Supplementation ; Summary ; 5. Sporting Masculinities ; Chapter Objectives ; Case Studies in Residual Patriarchy ; I. Sexual Assault ; II. Hazing ; Summary ; 6. Mass-Mediating Risk Masculinities ; Chapter Objectives ; Three Faces of Televised Masculinity ; I. Unapologetic Men: Take Off, You Hoser ; II. On the Margins: Boys and Men at Risk ; III. Boys in Crisis: Atavism as Spectacle ; Summary ; 7. The Unbearable Whiteness of Being ; Chapter Objectives ; Physical Cultural [Whiteness] Studies ; Postcolonialism and Whiteness Studies ; From Libertarianism to Transhumanism ; The Triumph of the Object-Body ; No More Mr. White Guy: Humanity+ in Popular Culture ; Summary ; Epilogue