Debating Modern Masculinities

Eric Anderson, University of Winchester, UK Victoria Cann, University of East Anglia, UK Brendan Gough, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Matthew Hall, Nottingham Trent University, UK Nicola Ingram, University of Bath, UK Mark McCormack, Durham University, UK Gabby Riches, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Steven Roberts, University of Kent, UK Sarah Seymour-Smith, Nottingham Trent University, UK Paul Simpson, University of Manchester, UK Richard Waller, University of the West of England, UK Michael R.M Ward, Open University, UK.

• 1. Introduction: Masculinities in Transition: Change, Continuity, Crisis?; Steven Roberts 2. The Limits of Masculinity: Boys, Taste and Cultural Consumption; Victoria Cann 3. Degrees of Masculinity: Working and Middle Class Undergraduate Students' Constructions of Masculine Identities; Nicola Ingram and Richard Waller 4. 'We're Different to Everyone Else': Contradictory Working-Class Masculinities in Contemporary Britain; Michael R.M Ward 5. Oppression, Acceptance or Civil Indifference? Middle-aged Gay Men's Accounts of 'Heterospaces'; Paul Simpson 6. Brothers of Metal! Heavy Metal Masculinities, Moshpit Practices and Homosociality; Gabby Riches 7. Straight Guys do Wear Make-up: Contemporary Masculinities and Investment in Appearance; Brendan Gough, Matthew Hall, Sarah Seymour-Smith 8. Theorizing Masculinities in Contemporary Britain; Eric Anderson and Mark McCormack

"An excellent collection of chapters critiquing the ongoing commonsense notion ... that there is a crisis of masculinity. The chapters are united in their deconstruction of this notion, presenting instead a range of portraits of modern masculinities ... It will be of interest to students and researchers in a number of different fields, most notably in gender studies and the sociology of youth." - Charlie Walker, University of Southampton, UK"Challenging the assumption that masculinity is in crisis by outlining how social change has had a positive impact upon the identity of boys and men, this book presents a wide ranging set of chapters that place contemporary masculinity in a more inclusive, rather than orthodox, state of flux. Educators, researchers and students interested in the changing nature of masculinity will find the book engaging and highly informative with the collection of chapters it contains and the research that has been conducted within them." - Jamie Cleland, Loughborough University, UK.