Changing circumstances in Western and global societies have introduced new constraints and opportunities for men and the formation of male identities. Meanwhile, the emerging diversity of 'atypical' identities ('atypical' when compared with traditional conceptions of middle-class, white, heterosexual men) poses new challenges for the production and use of spaces. Spaces of Masculinities provides a comprehensive introduction to the innovative and diverse research on spaces of masculinity. Drawing on a variety of geographical research projects, the central concern of the book is to highlight the significance of research on masculinity in sociological and geographical work dealing with constructions of gender.
Author(s): B. Van Hoven
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Table......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 15
1 Introduction......Page 16
PART 1 Masculinities in transition......Page 31
2 The men and the boys: bankers, burger makers and barmen......Page 32
3 The logic and limitations of male working-class culture in a resource hinterland......Page 43
4 Masculinity and rurality......Page 56
5 The maladies of manhood in the Buzerplatz: Czech military officers in ‘transition’......Page 73
PART 2 Masculinities and cultural change......Page 83
6 Transient masculinities: Indian IT-professionals in Germany......Page 84
7 Globalization and masculine space in India and Fiji......Page 95
8 Latin American urban masculinities: going beyond ‘the macho’......Page 106
PART 3 Masculinity and violence......Page 119
9 Ethnic violence and crises of masculinity: Lebanon in comparative perspective......Page 120
10 Mobilizing the rhetoric of defence: exploring working-class masculinities in the divided city......Page 130
11 Deviant masculinities: representations of neo-fascist youth in eastern Germany......Page 143
PART 4 Embodied masculinities......Page 157
12 Shifting spaces of masculinity: from Carisbrook to the MCG......Page 158
13 ‘Man-breasts’: Spaces of sexual difference, fluidity and abjection......Page 167
14 Tattoos in prison: men and their pictures on the edge of society......Page 181
15 ‘You questioning my manhood, boy?’: using work to play with gender roles in a regime of male skilled-labour......Page 194
PART 5 Sexuality and relationships......Page 206
16 Exploring notions of masculinity and fatherhood: when gay sons ‘come out’ to heterosexual fathers......Page 207
17 The awkward spaces of fathering......Page 221
18 Stages and streets: reading and (mis)reading female masculinities......Page 234
Index......Page 246
