TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beynon,John
TI  - Masculinities and culture
T2  - Issues in cultural and media studies
SN  - 9780335230754 (ebook)
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Buckingham
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Masculinity in popular culture
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Cultural studies
KW  - thema
KW  - Sociology & anthropology
KW  - Media studies
KW  - Gender studies: men & boys
KW  - Gender studies, gender groups
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-184) and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780335199884; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - This text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates concerning masculinities as gendered constructions, along with the means of researching and theorizing them; * What is 'masculinity'? Is 'masculinities' a more appropriate term?* How are masculinities socially, culturally and historically shaped?* How are particular masculinities created, enacted and represented in specific settings?* How can masculinities best be researched and theorized?Masculinities and Culture explores how 'masculinities', or ways of 'being a man', are anchored in time and place; the products of socio-historical and cultural circumstances. It examines the emergence of a masculinity fit for Empire in the mid to late nineteenth century and, by way of contrast, the more recent media-driven, commercial New Man and New Lad masculinity. The author considers some of the media discourses shaping masculinities today, and the formation of specific masculinities in specific settings (such as prisons, hospitals and schools) which both define, and in turn are defined by, strongly held conceptions of acceptable masculine behaviour. He concludes by reviewing a range of ways in which masculinities might be researched, from fieldwork and auto/biographical and life history approaches through to semiotics and the use of both film and literary texts. This lively text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates concerning masculinities as gendered constructions, along with the means of researching and theorizing them
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