ABSTRACT
Drawing on both interview data and social media ethnography, this chapter explores displays of emotion among working-class young men. The data illustrate that the stereotype of men being emotionally dishonest or guarded is something of a myth. In interview settings and in online interactions and practices, curated for an audience of friends, peers and family members, there is an abundance of rich affective display, covering a full range of both positive and negative emotions. Using Bourdieusian theory, these emotional displays are conceptualised as practices, born of and simultaneously influencing a more inclusive masculine habitus. These practices are argued to underpin the possibilities for action documented in the previous chapters that show contemporary young working-class men navigate their transition to adulthood in ways unrecognisable from previous generations.
