Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-310) and index.

Introduction to the second edition -- Introducing masculinities -- Growth of the field of study -- Debates and difficulties -- The global dimension -- In conclusion -- pt. I. Knowledge and its problems -- 1. The science of masculinity -- Rival knowledges -- Clinical knowledge -- The Oedipus complex -- Archetype and identity -- Radical psychoanalysis -- The male role -- The new social science -- Histories -- Ethnography of the other -- Social construction and gender dynamics -- Political knowledge -- The object of knowledge -- 2. Men's bodies -- True masculinity -- Machine, landscape and compromise -- The body inescapable -- Complexities of mire or blood -- Banquo's ghost : body-reflexive practices -- Forming the world -- 3. The social organization of masculinity -- Defining masculinity -- Gender as a structure of social practice -- Relations among masculinities : hegemony, subordination, complicity, marginalization -- Historical dynamics, violence and crisis tendencies.

pt. II. Four studies of the dynamics of masculinity -- Introduction -- 4. Live fast and die young -- Group and context -- Abstract labour -- Violence and the state -- Compulsory heterosexuality for men -- Masculinity as collective practice -- Protest masculinity -- Other trajectories -- Divergent masculinities and gender politics -- 5. A whole new world -- The moment of engagement -- Distancing -- The environmental movement -- Encounters with feminism -- The moment of separation -- The annihilation of masculinity -- The moment of contestation -- 6. A very straight gay -- The moment of engagement -- The grain of sand : sexuality -- Being gay : identity and relationships -- Relations between masculinities -- Facing change -- Gay masculinity as project and history -- 7. Men of reason -- Constructing masculinity -- Constructing rationality -- Career and workplace -- The irrational -- Reason and change.

pt. III. History and politics -- 8. The history of masculinity -- The production of masculinity in the formation of the modern gender order -- Transformations -- The present moment -- 9. Masculinity politics -- Men's politics and masculinity politics -- Masculinity therapy -- The gun lobby : defending hegemonic masculinity -- Gay liberation -- Exit politics -- 10. Practice and utopia -- Historical consciousness -- Purposes of action -- Degendering and recomposing -- Forms of action -- Education -- Prospects -- Afterword : the contemporary politics of masculinity -- Men's interests in contemporary patriarchy -- 'Backlash' politics -- Neoliberalism and men's interests -- The problem of violence -- Masculinity politics on a world scale.

"This is a new edition of R.W. Connell's text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each associated with different positions of power. In a world gender order that continues to privilege men over women, but also raises difficult issues for men and boys, his account is more pertinent than ever before." "This second edition of Connell's book will be essential reading for students taking courses on masculinities and gender studies, and will be of interest to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences."--Jacket.