ABSTRACT
Over the past thirty years within critical studies of men and masculinities it has been argued that masculinity should be considered through intersections with other forms of identity, such as class, “race,” ethnicity, sexuality, and age. This chapter focuses upon recent trends in international scholarship to understanding the approaches researchers take when theorizing how masculinities are constructed and experienced in reference to social class. The operationalization of these theories has been most salient in studies of working-class masculinities. However, in order to broaden the scope beyond the class stratification associated with industrial and capitalist societies, I highlight recent scholarship by geographers who have drawn significant attention to how local contexts shape classed masculinities. It is clear that masculinities and masculinity identity practices continue to be diverse, socially constructed, highly relational, and, regardless of context, responsive to conceptions of risk and insecurity. I conclude this chapter by highlighting some significant gaps in the study of classed masculine subjectivities and suggesting new directions.
