Introduction: The Study of Masculinity

  1. Todd W. Reeser

Published Online: 17 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444317312.ch

Book Title

Masculinities in Theory: An Introduction

Masculinities in Theory: An Introduction

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How to Cite

Reeser, T. W. (2009) Introduction: The Study of Masculinity, in Masculinities in Theory: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444317312.ch

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
  2. Published Print: 12 JAN 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405168595

Online ISBN: 9781444317312

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Keywords:

  • study of masculinity;
  • masculinity, seeming to be taken for granted;
  • masculinity being opposite of femininity;
  • assumptions of natural masculinity - with greater complications;
  • concept of masculinity as natural - problematized by moving across cultures different from ours;
  • innumerable variations in time and space - and masculinity being complicated further;
  • Masculinities in Theory - helping readers in making masculinity an explicit and visible object of analysis;
  • hiding, only allows masculinity - to function without challenge or question;
  • positive models of masculinity - masculinity operating in non-hegemonic ways;
  • post-structuralism, language being of great use in gender studies

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Why Masculinities?

  • Why Masculinities in Theory?

  • Why Masculinities in Post-Structuralist Theory?

  • Bibliography

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