Masculinities

"This is a new edition of R.W. Connell's text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each associated with different positions of power. In a world gender order that continues to privilege men over women, but also raises difficult issues for men and boys, his account is more pertinent than ever before." "This second edition of Connell's book will be essential reading for students taking courses on masculinities and gender studies, and will be of interest to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences."--Jacket.

Introduction to the second edition -- Introducing masculinities -- Growth of the field of study -- Debates and difficulties -- The global dimension -- In conclusion -- pt. I. Knowledge and its problems -- 1. The science of masculinity -- Rival knowledges -- Clinical knowledge -- The Oedipus complex -- Archetype and identity -- Radical psychoanalysis -- The male role -- The new social science -- Histories -- Ethnography of the other -- Social construction and gender dynamics -- Political knowledge -- The object of knowledge -- 2. Men's bodies -- True masculinity -- Machine, landscape and compromise -- The body inescapable -- Complexities of mire or blood -- Banquo's ghost : body-reflexive practices -- Forming the world -- 3. The social organization of masculinity -- Defining masculinity -- Gender as a structure of social practice -- Relations among masculinities : hegemony, subordination, complicity, marginalization -- Historical dynamics, violence and crisis tendencies.

pt. II. Four studies of the dynamics of masculinity -- Introduction -- 4. Live fast and die young -- Group and context -- Abstract labour -- Violence and the state -- Compulsory heterosexuality for men -- Masculin…