Masculinity Beyond the Metropolis explores spatially marginalized masculinities in diverse out-of-the-way places in 'developed' Western countries. The book challenges metro-centric notions of masculinity and globalization. Variously stigmatized and romanticized, places outside the city have been transformed by globalization. As traditional, place-based non-metropolitan expressions of masculinity confront more open, appealing and threatening identity possibilities, habit and history collide with the present. The ways in which such globalized collisions are resolved in young males' lives suggest new frameworks for thinking about masculinity. Through place-based global ethnographic studies of lived cultures of young men in peripheral places and media representations of such places, this book brings fresh insights to scholarship on youth, masculinity, place and space.
'There is growing interest in how men and boys respond to the vast changes in contemporary society, and how masculinities are shaped and re-shaped under globalization. Masculinity Beyond the Metropolis is a distinguished contribution to our understanding of these issues. It is also a vivid piece of field research, exploring the lives of men and youth far from the centres of global power and wealth. This book is important for all who wish to understand contemporary masculinities and the process of globalization itself.' - Raewyn (RW) Connell, University of Sydney, Australia
'This book does...provide an interesting introduction to rural masculinity and is a useful companion to the transition and globalization literature and as such it is of interest to researchers and students in these areas.' - Katya Williams, Gender and Education
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Globalization, Place and Masculinities
Place-based Global Ethnography
Reordering Work
In and Out of Place
Scapes of Abjection
Everyday Knowledges
Wild and Tame Pleasures
Notes
Bibliography
Index
JANE KENWAY holds a Chair in Global Education Studies in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her most recent books include her co-authored Haunting the Knowledge Economy, Consuming Children: Education-Advertising-Entertainment and co-edited Tradition and Innovation: Arts, Humanities and the Knowledge Economy and Globalizing Education: Policies, Pedagogies, & Politics.
ANNA KRAACK is a Rural Sociologist with particular expertise in issues relating to gender. She has published on rural masculinity and on pub culture. She is now studying Law full time.
ANNA HICKEY-MOODY is a Research Fellow in the School of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her forthcoming co-edited book is Deleuzian Encounters: Studies in Contemporary Social Issues.
Description
Masculinity Beyond the Metropolis explores spatially marginalized masculinities in diverse out-of-the-way places in 'developed' Western countries. The book challenges metro-centric notions of masculinity and globalization. Variously stigmatized and romanticized, places outside the city have been transformed by globalization. As traditional, place-based non-metropolitan expressions of masculinity confront more open, appealing and threatening identity possibilities, habit and history collide with the present. The ways in which such globalized collisions are resolved in young males' lives suggest new frameworks for thinking about masculinity. Through place-based global ethnographic studies of lived cultures of young men in peripheral places and media representations of such places, this book brings fresh insights to scholarship on youth, masculinity, place and space.
Reviews
'There is growing interest in how men and boys respond to the vast changes in contemporary society, and how masculinities are shaped and re-shaped under globalization. Masculinity Beyond the Metropolis is a distinguished contribution to our understanding of these issues. It is also a vivid piece of field research, exploring the lives of men and youth far from the centres of global power and wealth. This book is important for all who wish to understand contemporary masculinities and the process of globalization itself.' - Raewyn (RW) Connell, University of Sydney, Australia
'This book does...provide an interesting introduction to rural masculinity and is a useful companion to the transition and globalization literature and as such it is of interest to researchers and students in these areas.' - Katya Williams, Gender and Education
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Globalization, Place and Masculinities
Place-based Global Ethnography
Reordering Work
In and Out of Place
Scapes of Abjection
Everyday Knowledges
Wild and Tame Pleasures
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors
JANE KENWAY holds a Chair in Global Education Studies in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her most recent books include her co-authored Haunting the Knowledge Economy, Consuming Children: Education-Advertising-Entertainment and co-edited Tradition and Innovation: Arts, Humanities and the Knowledge Economy and Globalizing Education: Policies, Pedagogies, & Politics.
ANNA KRAACK is a Rural Sociologist with particular expertise in issues relating to gender. She has published on rural masculinity and on pub culture. She is now studying Law full time.
ANNA HICKEY-MOODY is a Research Fellow in the School of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her forthcoming co-edited book is Deleuzian Encounters: Studies in Contemporary Social Issues.
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