Masculinities in Theory: An Introduction

Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. This interdisciplinary text includes discussions of feminist, queer, transgender, post–colonial, and ethnic studies in relation to masculinity to explore the questions "What is masculinity and how does it work?"
Examining the ways in which the work of theorists like Butler and Foucault can be used to interpret and analyze masculinity, Todd Reeser introduces issues from cross–dressing to nation, covering the key theoretical approaches to the study of masculinity, and introducing new models. This is a much–needed introduction for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature, art, film, communication, history, and gender studies.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The Study of Masculinity.
1. Theorizing Masculinity.
2. Social Masculinity and Triangulation.
3. Sexing Masculinity.
4. Theorizing the Male Body.
5. Masculinity in Disguise.
6. Non–Male Masculinities.
7. Masculinity and Racialized Subjectivities.
8. Masculinity and the Nation.
9. Interracial Masculinities.
10. Unstable Time: Masculinity in History.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Todd W. Reeser is Associate Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh and also teaches gender studies. He has published on gender and sexuality in Renaissance literature, critical theory, and French film. He is the author of Moderating Masculinity in Early Modern Culture (2006) and co–editor of Entre hommes: French and Francophone Masculinities in Culture and Theory (2008).

Okładka tylna:
Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. This interdisciplinary text includes discussions of feminist, queer, transge nder, post–colonial, and ethnic studies in relation to masculinity to explore the questions "What is masculinity and how does it work?"
Examining the ways in which the work of theorists like Butler and Foucault can be used to interpret and analyze masculinity, Todd Reeser introduces issues from cross–dressing to nation, covering the key theoretical approaches to the study of masculinity, and introducing new models. This is a much–needed introduction for students and scholars of cultural studies, literature, art, film, communication, history, and gender studies.