Monaghan / Atkinson | Challenging Myths of Masculinity | Buch | 978-1-138-25236-3 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Reihe: Interactionist Currents

Monaghan / Atkinson

Challenging Myths of Masculinity

Understanding Physical Cultures
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-25236-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Understanding Physical Cultures

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Reihe: Interactionist Currents

ISBN: 978-1-138-25236-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)


Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to undergo aesthetic cosmetic surgery are deemed 'too concerned' about their appearance and thus woman-like. Myths also discredit men and boys who do not engage in appropriate bodywork when this is expected. For instance, amidst public health concerns surrounding a so-called 'obesity epidemic', men and boys who resist physical activity and/or attempts to promote a 'healthy weight' are deemed ignorant, apathetic and in need of correction. Drawing on extensive field research conducted in North America and Britain over a twenty year period, this book challenges such masculine myth making. Mindful of a rich sociological tradition that seeks to understand the social world as lived and experienced, the authors provide insights that are likely to challenge common perceptions of various groups of men and boys, their diverse physical cultures, shared ways of being and identities. Presenting empirically grounded understandings of diverse bodily practices and discourses including bodybuilding, cosmetic surgery, dieting and nightclub security, Challenging Myths of Masculinity will appeal to scholars of sociology, geography and cultural studies, with interests in gender, embodiment and masculinities.

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Introduction From Myths to Empirically Grounded Understandings: Researching Men’s and Boys’ Physical Cultures; Chapter 1 ‘Postmodern’ Muscle: The Embodied Pleasures of Vibrant Physicality, Lee F. Monaghan; Chapter 2 Cosmetic Surgery: Men Who Walk/Erase the Gender Line, Michael Atkinson; Chapter 3 Burly ‘Bouncers’, Cardboard Cutouts and Physical Violence: An Ethnography of Nightclub Security Work, Lee F. Monaghan; Chapter 4 Masculinity on the Menu: Body Slimming and Self-Starvation as Physical Culture, Michael Atkinson; Chapter 5 Challenging the Obesity Myth: Men’s Critical Understandings of the Body Mass Index, Lee F. Monaghan; Chapter 6 Schoolboys, Physical Education and Bullying: ‘Hey, Leave Those Kids Alone!’, Michael Atkinson Methodological Appendix;


Lee F. Monaghan is currently Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk and Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study. He is the co-editor of Key Concepts in Medical Sociology and Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives.

Michael Atkinson is Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art, Deconstructing Men and Masculinities and co-editor of Boys’ Bodies: Speaking the Unspoken.



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