ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the experiences of a Lebanese-Australian young man and his negotiations of masculinity and 'home' and offers rich insights into some of the challenges of using intersectionality to understand subjectivities. It offers an ethnographic insight into the performance of masculinities in the leather community in the US, exploring the particular masculinities that are valorised at International Mr Leather events. The book explores the contemporary construction of hegemonic masculinity in the Australian mining industry, constituted through the intersecting discourses and practices of corporatism, rurality and frontier imaginaries. It reviews the themes of caring about, taking care of, care giving and care receiving in relation to men, masculinities and the spaces of the gay bar. The book examines shifting relations between Australian masculinities, domestic materiality and interior design, and the consequences this has for understanding contemporary masculinities.
