Masculinity Books

New and Published Books

1. Imagining Masculinities

   Spatial and Temporal Representation and Visual Culture

   By Katarzyna Kosmala

   Series: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

   This book examines the intersections between debates in critical studies of men and masculinities and debates on visual representation, investigating representations of men and masculinities in contemporary culture and examples of visual art that deconstruct those representations. It attends to...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Changing Gay Male Identities

   By Andrew Cooper

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   As the world changes, so sexual identities are changing. In a context of globalisation, mass communication and technological advances, individuals find themselves able to make lifestyle choices in new and different ways. In this increasingly confusing world, sociologists have argued that identities...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Men After War

   Edited by Stephen McVeigh, Nicola Cooper

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

   This book is an innovative collection of original research which analyzes the many varieties of post-conflict masculinity. Exploring topics such as physical disability and psychological trauma, and masculinity and sexuality in relation to the "feminizing" contexts of wounding and desertion, this...

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media"

   Narrative Immunity

   By Deb Waterhouse-Watson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. Men Speak Out

   Views on Gender, Sex, and Power, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Shira Tarrant

   Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power, Second Edition highlights new essays on pornography, pop culture, queer identity, Muslim masculinity, and the war on women. With personal candor and political insight, this collection of diverse authors explores sex work, digital activism,...

   Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity

   By Richard Howson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In the past twenty years there has been a growing interest in the issues surrounding men and masculinity. Driven primarily by the second-wave feminist critique of the legitimacy or hegemony of masculine practice and culture, the hegemony of men in social spheres such as the family, law, and the...

   Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge
7. Black Masculinity and Sexual Politics

   By Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr.

   Series: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity

   African American males occupy a historically unique social position, whether in school life, on the job, or within the context of dating, marriage and family. Often, their normal role expectations require that they perform feminized and hypermasculine roles simultaneously. This book focuses on...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Migrant Men

   Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience

   Edited by Mike Donaldson, Raymond Hibbins, Richard Howson, Bob Pease

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   This edited volume contributes an important collection of chapters to the growing theoretical and empirical work being undertaken at the international level on men and migration. The chapters presented here focus on what we might call ‘migratory masculinities': the experiences men have of...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
9. Studying Men and Masculinities

   By David Buchbinder

   The late-twentieth-century anxiety about a ‘crisis in masculinity’ still persists today, particularly in English-speaking cultures. Studying Men and Masculinities offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of masculinity. Drawing on a wide range of cultural practices and texts from...

   Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Chinese Male Homosexualities

    Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy

    By Travis S. K. Kong

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge