Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.

Chapter 1: Patriarchy, Male Privilege, and the Consequences of Living in a Patriarchal Society
Chapter 2: Men and the Nature - Nurture Debate
Chapter 3: Men's Movements and Organizations
Chapter 4: The Boy Crisis
Chapter 5: Fatherhood
Chapter 6: Men and Media I: The Construction of 'Normal'
Chapter 7: Men and Media II: Advertising, Heteronormativity, and the Construction of Male Insecurity
Chapter 8: Music and Masculinity
Chapter 9: Boys, Men, and Sports
Chapter 10: Men, Anger, Violence, and Crime
Chapter 11: Men, Sex, and Pornography
Chapter 12: Men, Health, and Aging
Postscript: The Future of Masculinity