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Nature of Masculinity

Critical Theory, New Materialisms, and Technologies of Embodiment

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvSteve Garlick

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Social theorists have argued that as the complexity of our ecosystems becomes more apparent, the line between nature and culture, human and nonhuman, and technology and bodies becomes less distinct. Yet contemporary masculinity studies has generally failed to incorporate this new way of thinking. In this penetrating analysis of the relationship between gender and nature, Steve Garlick proposes that masculinity is best understood as a technology that shapes both our engagement with the natural world and how we define freedom.Extending the work of the Frankfurt School and Heidegger's critique of modern technology, The Nature of Masculinity draws on case studies and new materialist theories to argue that the essence of technology is not in mechanical devices but in a particular relationship to natural forces. Within this critical framework, masculinity is a technology of embodiment, and freedom does not lie in the domination of nature but rather in fostering a new relation to it.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-09-01
Mått152 x 226 x 15 mm
Vikt359 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSexuality Studies
Antal sidor236
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774833301

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For all of the advances in writing and thinking on men and masculinity, there is often a dramatic paucity of engagement with thinking theoretically through the most fundamental and crucial concepts of the field. It is this type of deep theoretical engagement that is crucial for scholars in this field to continue working through. Unafraid of a challenge, Garlick has pushed the field to think with new scholars and theories, a difficult and necessary thrust that we all can benefit from. - Frank G. Karioris, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Men and Masculinities) The Nature of Masculinity should be of interest totheoretically informed gender studies scholars and graduate students, particularly those inthe Humanities and social sciences who wish to see theoreticians wh- Todd W. Reeser, University of Pittsburg (International Journal for Masculinity Studies) Garlick's posthumanist approach is interesting as he incorporates contemporary feminist and posthumanist theory, thereby possibly reopening a relatively forgotten dimension of masculinity studies as he extends masculine gender relations in connection to nature, technology and the non-human … Garlick's approach also opens up for an extended view on what masculinity politics could mean both in terms of regressive and progressive change." - Ulf Mellström, editor in chief (NORMA)