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Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities at the University of Winchester. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who studies men's changing masculinities and sexualities. Professor Anderson is the architect of Inclusive Masculinity Theory and has published nineteen books and over seventy research articles.
Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University. His research focuses on decreasing homophobia and the changing nature of contemporary masculinities, with a specific focus on professional football. He is the author of Inclusive Masculinities in Contemporary Football: Men in the Beautiful Game (2016) and coauthor of Out in Sport: The Experiences of Openly Gay and Lesbian Athletes in Competitive Sport (2016).
List of contents
1. Introduction Part I: Creating Men 2. The Social Production of Masculinity 3. Psychological Production of Masculinity 4. Institutional Influences on Masculinity 5. Theorizing Masculinity Part II: Evaluating Men 6. Men and Damage 7. Men as Caring 8. Men as Advantaged 9. Men as Disadvantaged 10. Contesting Advantage Part III: Men’s Lives 11. The Gender Paradox 12. Minority Men’s Masculinities 13. Boys at School 14. Men, Work and the Troubles of Gender 15. Masculinity and Sexuality 16. The Future of Masculinity Appendix References
About the author
Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities at the University of Winchester. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who studies men’s changing masculinities and sexualities. Professor Anderson is the architect of Inclusive Masculinity Theory and has published nineteen books and over seventy research articles.
Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University. His research focuses on decreasing homophobia and the changing nature of contemporary masculinities, with a specific focus on professional football. He is the author of Inclusive Masculinities in Contemporary Football: Men in the Beautiful Game (2016) and coauthor of Out in Sport: The Experiences of Openly Gay and Lesbian Athletes in Competitive Sport (2016).
Summary
Men and Masculinities is a research-informed textbook designed to introduce students to the lives of men and their changing masculinities. It is a bold and comprehensive scrutiny of masculinities in ways that other masculinity textbooks are not.
