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Overview"This text explores the challenges posed to the idea of ""masculine identity"" during a period of growing scepticism about fixed identities. Postmodernism and postructuralism have undermined the assumptions upon which established identities have been constructed, such as the concept of stable bodies and stable selves. Sex, gender, sexuality and race are no longer viewed as merely descriptive aspects of experience, but also as constructions of identity. The author argues that the academic area of men's studies has largely failed to engage with recent theory or critically reflect on the epistemology of masculinity. ""Masculinity"" has tended to be treated in isolation from power relations and historical and global contexts. Drawing on current debates in postmodern feminism, feminist philosophy of science, anti-racist/postcolonial studies and queer theory, this book considers the way in which discourse fabricates the ""ideal"" male body, sexual identity and sexual identity politics. The book explores the possibilities of developing new models of identity not so closely linked to the sex/gender system and examines the prospects of creating a new or reconceptualized sexual identity politics." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan PetersenPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780761950127ISBN 10: 0761950125 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 14 July 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsIntroduction The Epistemology of `Masculinity' From Essentialism to Scepticism Male Bodies that Matter Mind over Matter `Masculinity' and Reason `Queering' Sexual Identity ConclusionReviews'Unmasking the Masculine provides a synthesis and critique of the modern/postmodern constituting and contesting of 'masculinity' and 'identity' that is extremely helpful for students in sociology, men's studies, cultural studies and queer theory' - Body and Society 'Unmasking the Masculine provides a synthesis and critique of the modern/postmodern constituting and contesting of 'masculinity' and 'identity' that is extremely helpful for students in sociology, men's studies, cultural studies and queer theory' - Body and Society 'Unmasking the Masculine provides a synthesis and critique of the modern/postmodern constituting and contesting of 'masculinity' and 'identity' that is extremely helpful for students in sociology, men's studies, cultural studies and queer theory' - Body and Society Author InformationAlan Petersen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Murdoch University in Western Australia. His recent publications include The New Public Health: Health and Self in the Age of Risk (co-written with Deborah Lupton), Foucalut, Health and Medicine (co-edited with Robin Bunton) and Health Matters: Sociology of Illness, Prevention and Care (co-edited with Charles Waddell). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |