Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (18 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Introduction: Transforming Men’s Practices Around the World
-
Men and Masculinities in Europe
-
Front Matter
-
-
Men and Masculinities in the Americas
-
Front Matter
-
-
Men and Masculinities in the Asia Pacific
-
Front Matter
-
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
"In this compilation by 17 scholars chosen from around the world, the editors sought to have each author discuss and
analyze the latest advances in the study of manhood and masculinity in his or her country, specifically taking into
account the social, economic, and cultural contexts of the respective nations. The result is a wide-ranging,
comparative volume that provides the latest foci on masculinity from scholars in Europe, the Americas, the Asia
Pacific region, and Africa. However, providing the contributing authors the autonomy to identify what they perceive
as the latest foci means that the overall volume lacks a common theme, thus rendering any comparisons among
countries or regions in a particular area of scholarship rather difficult, if not impossible. Though this may be
frustrating for readers seeking to obtain a truly comparative perspective, the edited volume nonetheless provides a
global perspective and gives voice to some regions of the world that have been largely neglected or ignored in
masculinity studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty." - CHOICE, J. R. Mitrano, Central Connecticut
State University
"Finally a book on global masculinities! This wonderful volume brings together a surprising range of scholarship on masculinities from all continents of the world. Comprehensive, rich, and thoroughly textured, the collection critically assesses masculinities in comparative perspective while simultaneously contributing new and diverse insight to the development of gender equality globally. Necessary reading for all students and scholars of masculinities." - James W. Messerschmidt, author of Hegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics: Unmasking the Bush Dynasty and Its War Against Iraq
"This splendid collection of research and activism shows both the maturing of masculinities research as a field of knowledge, and the new realism and determination in men's work for gender justice. Every chapter has illuminating things to say, and both differences and links between global North and global South emerge clearly." - Raewyn Connell, author of Masculinities and Confronting Equality
"This wide-ranging volume offers fascinating insights into men and masculinities around the world. It deserves to be widely read." - Andrea Cornwall, professor of Anthropology and Development, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
About the authors
JEFF HEARN Professor in Gender Studies (Critical Studies on Men) at Linköping University, Sweden; a Professor of Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK; and a Professor in the Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland.
BOB PEASE Chair of Social Work at Deakin University, Australia.
KEITH PRINGLE Professor in Sociology at Uppsala University in Sweden, and a Professor in Social Policy and Social Work at London Metropolitan University, UK. In addition, he is an Adjungeret Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark and Honorary Professor at Warwick University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Men and Masculinities Around the World
Book Subtitle: Transforming Men’s Practices
Editors: Elisabetta Ruspini, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease, Keith Pringle
Series Title: Global Masculinities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230338005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Elisabetta Ruspini, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease, and Keith Pringle 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10715-1Published: 20 September 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29067-3Published: 20 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-33800-5Published: 10 October 2011
Series ISSN: 2946-3858
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3866
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 282
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Gender Studies, Feminism