Masculinities

The author critically analyzes the various approaches to masculinity developed by psychoanalysts, social scientists and social change activists. The view that multiple masculinities may be understood through a social analysis of gender relations is discussed.

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A comprehensive introduction to the field of knowledge and politics. The author puts the various approaches to masculinity developed by psychoanalysts, social scientists and social change activists under the microscope. He argues that while the goal of a science of masculinity is mistaken, society has powerful new ways of thinking about men's bodies and men's places in a gendered world. There is no single masculinity but rather multiple masculinities which can be understood through a social analysis of gender relations.