ABSTRACT

Changing circumstances in Western and global societies have introduced new constraints and opportunities for men and the formation of male identities. Meanwhile, the emerging diversity of 'atypical' identities ('atypical' when compared with traditional conceptions of middle-class, white, heterosexual men) poses new challenges for the production and use of spaces.

Spaces of Masculinities provides a comprehensive introduction to the innovative and diverse research on spaces of masculinity. Drawing on a variety of geographical research projects, the central concern of the book is to highlight the significance of research on masculinity in sociological and geographical work dealing with constructions of gender.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

From geographies of men to geographies of women and back again?

part |56 pages

Masculinities in Transition

chapter |12 pages

The Men and the Boys

Bankers, burger makers and barmen

chapter |10 pages

The Maladies of Manhood in the Buzerplatz

Czech military officers in ‘transition'

part |37 pages

Masculinities and Cultural Change

chapter |11 pages

Transient Masculinities

Indian IT-professionals in Germany

chapter |13 pages

Latin American Urban Masculinities

Going beyond ‘the macho'

part |42 pages

Masculinity and Violence

chapter |11 pages

Ethnic Violence and Crises of Masculinity

Lebanon in comparative perspective

chapter |14 pages

Mobilizing the Rhetoric of Defence

Exploring working-class masculinities in the divided city

chapter |15 pages

Deviant Masculinities

Representations of neo-fascist youth in eastern Germany

part |52 pages

Embodied Masculinities

chapter |10 pages

Shifting Spaces of Masculinity

From Carisbrook to the MCG

chapter |14 pages

‘Man-Breasts'

Spaces of sexual difference, fluidity and abjection

chapter |14 pages

Tattoos in Prison

Men and their pictures on the edge of society

chapter |12 pages

‘You Questioning My Manhood, Boy?'

Using work to play with gender roles in a regime of male skilled-labour

part |44 pages

Embodied Masculinities

chapter |15 pages

Exploring Notions of Masculinity and Fatherhood

When gay sons ‘come out' to heterosexual fathers

chapter |12 pages

Stages and Streets

Reading and (misr) eading female masculinities1