Men and Masculinity: The Basics: The Basics

Edley, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1138790370 / ISBN 13: 9781138790377

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Men and Masculinity: The Basics: The Basics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138790370
• ISBN 13: 9781138790377
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the academic study of masculinity which outlines the key ideas and most pressing issues concerning the field today. Providing readers with a framework for understanding these issues, it explores the ways that masculinity has been understood in the Social Sciences and Humanities to date. Addressing theories which view masculinity as being in a permanent state of flux and crisis, it explores such problem areas as:

• the male body
• men and work
• men and fatherhood
• male sexuality
• male violence.

With a glossary of key terms, case studies reflecting the most important studies in the field of masculinity research and suggestions for further study, Men and Masculinity: The Basics is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of masculinity for the first time.

About the Author

Nigel Edley is a senior lecturer in social psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has published extensively in the field of masculinity studies, including Men in Perspective: Practice, Power and Identity (with Margaret Wetherell).