
Masculinities in Transition
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 221 pages
978-1-349-29976-8 (ISBN)
Description
Contributing to feminist approaches to masculinities, this book examines men's contextual experiences of masculine identity. Drawing on new data which compares men as they move across and between public and domestic spaces, it explores the implications of this for the nature of contemporary masculinity.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 221 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-29976-8 (9781349299768)
DOI
10.1057/9780230299320
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Persons
VICTORIA ROBINSON Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the author of
Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport
, co-author of
Mundane Heterosexualities
, and co-editor of
Introducing Gender and Women's Studies
.
JENNY HOCKEY Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Sheffield University, UK. She is co-author of Mundane Heterosexualities and a former editor of the Journal of Gender Studies. Her research interests include ageing, the life course, death, bereavement and memorialisation.
JENNY HOCKEY Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Sheffield University, UK. She is co-author of Mundane Heterosexualities and a former editor of the Journal of Gender Studies. Her research interests include ageing, the life course, death, bereavement and memorialisation.
Content
Acknowledgements Meeting Men on the Move Masculinities in Transition Home and Work in Historical Context Continuities, Conflicts and Contradictions Masculinities in Prospect: The Life Course and Chronology Belonging: Scrutiny, Irony and Performance Embodiment: Masculinity and the Body 'I'm a suit man': Embodying Occupational Masculinities The Sociable Body The Performing Body Embodying Mundane and Life Course Transitions Masculinity and Emotionality Emotional Labour Revisited Sharing Emotion: Men's Experiences of Vulnerability Men and Friendship Emotionality and the Research Process Undoing Gender/Gender Undone References