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Debating Modern Masculinities: Change, Continuity, Crisis?

Roberts, Steven D., ed. (2014) Debating Modern Masculinities: Change, Continuity, Crisis? Palgrave ISBN 978-1-137-39483-5. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:39054)

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Abstract

According to social commentators, masculinity is in crisis as a result of profound social transformation. This kind of public discussion of the behaviours of boys and men points to a presumed need for policy intervention to act as a corrective to the apparent crisis in masculinity which presents (young) men as both at risk and also a risk to others. This is counter to recent scholarship that has documented positive changes in the performances and expression of contemporary masculinities. Such academic research has suggested that we are witnessing the emergence of more inclusive masculinities, no longer predicated on homophobia, marginalization or subordination. This edited collection critically interrogates both sets of claims, firstly deconstructing and rejecting the masculinity in crisis discourse, before engaging in an internal debate about the implications of social change upon the identities of contemporary boys and men and for the ways in which we theorise contemporary masculinities.

Item Type: Edited book
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Mita Mondal
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2014 11:24 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 10:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/39054 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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