Bending Bodies: Moulding Masculinities

by Nordic Network for Masculinity Studies, Sren Erv

The two 'Moulding Masculinities' volumes represent the first major publication in English of Northern European studies on masculinities. They focus on men's relationships towards each other and their bodies, primarily from psycho-dynamic and social constructionist perspectives. The contributors are drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, social anthropology, media studies and sports sciences and include scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, the UK and the USA. This volume studies changes within masculine identity and subjectivity and discusses the constructions of masculinities that arise from the relationships and understandings men develop towards their own and other men's bodies, sexualities and masculine dis/abilities. By centering on the struggle and negotiation between different groups and discourses of masculinity and investigating the origin of dominant images and ideals of masculinity, these two volumes will widen international understanding of how historic forms of masculinity are interpreted, revived and combined in the process of moulding masculinities. Introduction, Søren Ervø and Thomas JohanssonThe body, the will and the fear of the history of masculine self-control, Claes EkenstamMen, bodies and identities, Victor Jeleniewski SeidlerConsuming the feminization of American culture and the recreation of the male body, 1832-1920, Michael S. KimmelWhat's behind a mask? Bodybuilding and masculinity, Thomas JohanssonPutting on make-up with red masculine aesthetics in an exclusive male culture, Geir A. ØygardenWhen boys become the martial arts as young people revolt against the youth rebellion, Hans BondeSylvester Stallone's "a peculiar, not to say pathological, interest," Martti LahtiSearching for the making connections between health, bodies and men's violence, Jeff HearnMale ways of giving birth, Klaus TheweleitThe psycho dynamics of shame in the autobiographies of modern Finnish men, Juha Siltalathe construction of the masculine body, Arto TiihonenDisabling masculinity and disability in Al Davison's graphic autobiography, The Spiral Cage, Paul McIlvennyEthos of sexual liberation and the masculine other, Ilpo HelénComing out to be young men's constructions of heterosexualities, Stephan W. Cremer"There has always been": gay history in politics and in reality, Wilhelm von RosenComing of age in black gay young men's schooling experiences, Mairtin Mac an Ghaill. Author About the Søren Ervø, University of Copenhagen , Denmark and Thomas Johansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

327 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003