Gender & Cultural Studies: Men & Masculinity

This encyclopedia is scholarly, interdisciplinary, and international in scope. Experts from all over the world contribute 353 entries covering topics relevant to the study of men and masculinity. Within an alphabetical listing, entries fall under thematic clusters such as "Intimate Relations," "Cultural Formations," and "Theory." Actual entries, such as "Infidelity," "Effeminacy," and "Comics," explore these issues through a myriad of cultural and scholarly lenses.

This source differentiates itself from similar works in that it covers the field of "Men's Studies," defined by the author as apart from the study of men and masculinity. Where as the latter looks at men through the lens of gender, "Men's Studies" analyzes men as "corporeal beings."

This encyclopedia is an interdisciplinary work that addresses men's awareness of themselves and their social and cultural roles.

This source contributes to the discourse on Masculinity Studies, asking as many questions about boy culture as it provides answers. This two-volume set is divided into four parts addressing broad topics like identity, body and mind, media, and recreation and education; it is further subdivided into sections with titles such as "Differences and Boys" and "Boys and Looks." Each part could be read as an analysis of a broad topic, almost like a topical essay with several examples. Or readers can locate individual entries via the table of contents for more conventional, reference-type information seeking.

This multilayered study of the representation of black masculinity in musical and cultural performance takes aim at the reduction of African American male culture to stereotypes of deviance, misogyny, and excess.