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This interdisciplinary study analyses the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day, Were there male celebrity bodies before David Beckham? When did male dancers start playing a part -- and which one? Was Victorian masculinity all in earnest before Oscar Wilde? What kind of masculinity does cricket promote? What is 'Cock Rock'? How can we understand Chinese American masculinities? Do contemporary computer games have a gender? These and even more questions are addressed in the present study through contemporary theories of masculinity and performativity. The answers that experts from many different fields of Literary, Cultural and Media Studies provide add up to a survey of modern masculinities, its precursors, its manifestations across different genres and different media, as well as its continuing challenges and impasses

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition -- PREFACE -- 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO FEMALE MASCULINITY -- 2. PERVERSE PRESENTISM -- 3. "A WRITER OF MISFITS" -- 4. LESBIAN MASCULINITY -- 5. TRANSGENDER BUTCH -- 6. LOOKING BUTCH -- 7. DRAG KINGS -- 8. RAGING BULL (DYKE) -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FILMOGRAPHY -- INDEX

In this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two centuries. Demonstrating how female masculinity is not some bad imitation of virility, but a lively and dramatic staging of hybrid and minority genders, Halberstam catalogs the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from nineteenth-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag king performances. Through detailed textual readings as well as empirical research, Halberstam uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities while arguing for a more nuanced understanding of gender categories that would incorporate rather than pathologize them. He rereads Anne Lister's diaries and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness as foundational assertions of female masculine identity; considers the enigma of the stone butch and the politics surrounding butch/femme roles within lesbian communities; and explores issues of transsexuality among "transgender dykes"--Lesbians who pass as men--and female-to-male transsexuals who may find the label of "lesbian" a temporary refuge. Halberstam also tackles such topics as women and boxing, butches in Hollywood and independent cinema, and the phenomenon of male impersonators. Featuring a new preface by the author, this twentieth anniversary edition of Female Masculinity remains as insightful, timely, and necessary as ever.

Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the 18th century to the present

Preliminary Material /T. Hidaka -- Introduction /T. Hidaka -- Chapter One. Growing Up: Gendered Experiences In The Family /T. Hidaka -- Chapter Two. Growing Up: Gendered Experiences In School /T. Hidaka -- Chapter Three. Love And Marriage /T. Hidaka -- Chapter Four. Work /T. Hidaka -- Chapter Five. Ikigai /T. Hidaka -- Conclusion /T. Hidaka -- Appendices /T. Hidaka -- Bibliography /T. Hidaka -- Index /T. Hidaka.

Since the #MeToo movement, the masculine exercise of power has been closely scrutinised. The focus on 'toxic' masculinity impacts our perception of male sexuality, which substantially influences the self-image and self-esteem of men. Men are being shamed by others, and they also feel ashamed. This book explores both positions, examining the representation of male sexuality, nudity, fatherhood, violence, rape, fascism and virility, and men and war from male as well as female perspectives. It presents artworks that deal with the intricacies and contradictions of these sociocultural constructs and realities, and combines scholarly essays with short stories and personal testimonies. Exhibition: H401, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (23.10.2020 - 31.01.2021)

Here is an important volume offering new insights into the generational transformation of Japanese hegemonic masculinity. Drawing on thirty-nine life-histories of three generations of sararAman (salaryman) each working, or having worked for large companies, this book is an in-depth study of Japanese salaryman masculinity, that is, the a ~hegemonic masculinitya (TM) in Japan. Through Japanese salarymena (TM)s own accounts of themselves, the author investigates the construction of their masculinity throughout their lives; childhood, adolescence, young adult experiences, as well as work and famil.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Anger, Desire, and Moral Responsibility -- 2. Paternity and Commitment -- 3. Sexuality and Confession (with James Bohman) -- 4. Pornography and Pollution -- 5. Rape and Collective Responsibility (with Robert Strikwerda) -- 6. Sexual Harassment and Solidarity -- 7. Socialization and Separatism -- 8. A Progressive Male Standpoint -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index