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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Atkinson (Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Canadian)Publisher: Oxford University Press, Canada Imprint: Oxford University Press, Canada Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.334kg ISBN: 9780195430769ISBN 10: 019543076 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 26 August 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Masculinity in Crisis? What? A Masculinity Crisis? Really? Defining the Crisis Perceiving the Crisis Summary 1: Men, Power, and Pastiche Hegemony Chapter Objectives Knowing Masculinity and Social Power The Root of It All: Hegemony, Late Modernity, and Fear Late modernity, implosion, and crisis Summary 2: Violence, Residue, and Pastiche Hegemony Chapter Objectives Masculinity, Violence, and Moral Panicking: The Usual Suspects Violence, men, and media panics Spectacle, Self-Violence, and Crisis Subjectivities: Project Mayhem I. Backyard Wrestling II. Laddism III. Bugchasing IV. Ultra-Endurance Running Summary 3: The Lost (and Found) Boys Chapter Objectives Finding Boys through Straightedge Crisis, Callings, and Boyhood Masculinities Doing the Straightedge Vocation Summary 4: Male Femininities, Metrosexualities, and Liquid Ubersexualities Chapter Objectives Real Men Disappearing in a Risk Society Male Femininity Liquid Ubersexuality Ubersexuality and Body Supplementation Summary 5: Sporting Masculinities Chapter Objectives Case Studies in Residual Patriarchy I. Sexual Assault II. Hazing Summary 6: Mass-Mediating Risk Masculinities Chapter Objectives Three Faces of Televised Masculinity I. Unapologetic Men: Take Off, You Hoser II. On the Margins: Boys and Men at Risk III. Boys in Crisis: Atavism as Spectacle Summary 7: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Chapter Objectives Physical Cultural [Whiteness] Studies Postcolonialism and Whiteness Studies From Libertarianism to Transhumanism The Triumph of the Object-Body No More Mr. White Guy: Humanity+ in Popular Culture Summary EpilogueReviewsDeconstructing Men & Masculinities is a book with tremendous potential from a highly respected scholar. Jeffrey Montez de Oca, Histoire sociale Vol. XLV No. 90 Deconstructing Men & Masculinities is a book with tremendous potential from a highly respected scholar. * Jeffrey Montez de Oca, Histoire sociale Vol. XLV No. 90 * Author InformationMichael Atkinson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto. Before arriving at U of T, Atkinson taught research methods at the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Loughborough University in the UK. Atkinson has also taught in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario and in the sociology departments at both Memorial University and McMaster University. Throughout his academic career, Atkinson has researched and taught courses in the sociology of bodies, sport, health and wellness, deviance and crime, popular culture, subcultures, youth, and research methods. He locates his work within three substantive areas: masculinities, violence, and liminality. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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