Masculinities in Transition

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Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences

ISBN: 0230201598
ISBN 13: 9780230201590
Autor: Robinson, V/Hockey, J
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: ix, 221 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Examines masculinity from a feminist perspective Focuses on men as they move between public and domestic spaces, and the implications of this for masculinity and masculine identity Themes discussed include home and work, the life course, sexuality, friendship and intimacy, embodiment Focus on men in three different gendered occupations -firefighters, hairdressers and estate agents

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Beschreibung

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.

Autorenporträt

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.

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