ABSTRACT

This book examines the intersections between debates in critical studies of men and masculinities and debates on visual representation, investigating representations of men and masculinities in contemporary culture and examples of visual art that deconstruct those representations. It attends to various spaces associated with heteronormativity, including the visible domains of working life, leisure and public discourses, as well as less visible domains such as private spaces, lifestyle, desire and sexual agency.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

On Imagining Masculinities

part I|66 pages

Men, Masculinities, Their Places and Spaces

chapter 2|22 pages

What's Love Got to Do With It?

Masculinities, Sexualities and Intimacies

chapter 3|18 pages

Is Home a Safe Place to Be?

Violence in the Heteronormative Realms

chapter 4|24 pages

He Wants to be Young and Beautiful

On Metrosexuality and Fashion

part II|68 pages

Men, Masculinities and Movement

chapter 5|21 pages

Sculpting Your Own Success

To Gain or to Give It Up?

chapter 6|24 pages

Globalising Working Life

Masculinities at the Border

chapter 7|21 pages

Every Boy Dreams to Be a Football Star

On Sporting Body and Movement

part III|46 pages

Temporary and Permanent Transformations

chapter 8|17 pages

Of the Sick and of the Weak

chapter 10|8 pages

On Imag-e-ning

Conclusions