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Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. The book serves as a much-needed introduction to the field for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature, art, film, communication, history, and gender studies; includes discussions of gay/queer, feminist, and gender studies in relation to masculinity; covers the key theoretical approaches to the study of masculinity, and introduces new models; explores the question "What is masculinity and how does it work?"; and looks at language, discourse, signification, power, cross-dressing, female, queer and transsexual masculinity, race and masculinity, nation and masculinity, interracial masculinities, and masculinities in history.
Introduction The Study of Masculinity 1
1 Theorizing Masculinity 17
2 Social Masculinity and Triangulation 55
3 Sexing Masculinity 72
4 Theorizing the Male Body 91
5 Masculinity in Disguise 119
6 Non-Male Masculinities 131
7 Masculinity and Racialized Subjectivities 144
8 Masculinity and the Nation 171
9 Interracial Masculinities 200
10 Unstable Time: Masculinity in History 216
Index 227
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Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. The book serves as a much-needed introduction to the field for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature, art, film, communication, history, and gender studies; includes discussions of gay/queer, feminist, and gender studies in relation to masculinity; covers the key theoretical approaches to the study of masculinity, and introduces new models; explores the ...