Full Description
Masculinities and Place bring together an impressive range of high-profile and emerging researchers to consolidate and expand new domains of interest in the geographies of men and masculinities. It is structured around key and emerging themes within recently completed and on-going research about the intersections between men, masculinities and place. Building upon broader themes in social and cultural geographies, cultural economy and urban/rural studies, the collection is organised around the key themes of: theorising masculinities and place; intersectionality; home; family; domestic labour; work; and health and well-being.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction: Masculinities and Place, Part 1. Introducing and Theorising Masculinities and Place, 2. Theorising, Men, Masculinities, Place and Space: Local, National and Transnational Contexts and Interrelations, 3. Spatio-temporal and Spatio-sensual Assemblages of Youthful Masculinities, 4. Neoliberalism, Masculinities and Academic Knowledge Production: Towards a Theory of 'Academic Masculinities', PART 2. Masculinities, Intersectionality and Relationality, 5. 'I am lord, ... I am local': Migrant Masculinity, Sex and Making Yourself at Home, 6. Negotiating Masculinised Migrant Rights and Everyday Citizenship in a Global City: Brazilian Men in London, 7. 'Where you are is what you wear': The Leather Community, International Mr Leather and Hyper-masculinity, 8. Cowboy Masculinities: Relationality and Rural Identity, Part 3. Masculinities and Home, 9. The Geographies of Military Inculcation and Domesticity: Reconceptualising Masculinities in the Home, 10. Violence and Men in Urban South Africa: The Significance of 'Home', 11. 'My place of residence': Home and Homelessness in the Greater Toronto Area, Part 4. Masculinities and Domestic Labour, 12. Reconceptualising 'Masculinity' Through Men's Contributions to Domestic Foodwork, 13. Materiality, Masculinity and the Home: Men and Interior Design, 14. Working on Masculinity at Home, PART 5. Masculinities and the Family, 15. Domestic Ageing Masculinities and Grandfathering, 16. Intergenerational Relations and Irish Masculinities: Reflections from the Tyneside Irish, in the North-East of England, 17. Emotional Mappings and the Ethnopoetics of Fathering, Part 6. Masculinities, Place and Care, 18. Masculinities, Embodiment and Care, 19. The Gay Bar as a Place of Men's Caring, 20. 'It's a place where all friends meet': Shared Places, Youth Friendships and the Negotiation of Masculine Identities in Rural Estonia, Part 7. Masculinities, Health and Wellbeing, 21. 'Being a Man' in Treatment: Health, Masculinity and the Drama of Independence, 22. Masculinities, Life Courses and Sexual Health: Unpacking HIV Risk and Prevention among Gay Men in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23. Masculinities and Mental Health: Geographies of Hope 'Down Under', Part 8. Masculinities and Work, 24. Representations, Respect and Resentment: Labour Market Change and Discourses of Masculine Disadvantage, 25. Masculinity in the Marketplace: Geographies of Post-Colonial Gender Work in Modern Fiji, 26. Crafting Masculinities: A Cultural Economy of Surfboard-Making, 27. Performing Rural Masculinities: A Case Study of Diggers and Dealers, Index
