Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities

Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, Raewyn Connell

SAGE Publications, 2005 - Social Science - 505 pages

The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities is an interdisciplinary and international culmination of the growth of men's studies that also offers insight about future directions for the field. The Handbook provides a broad view of masculinities primarily across the social sciences, with the inclusion of important debates in some areas of the humanities and natural sciences. The various approaches presented in this Handbook range across different disciplines, theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and conceptualizations in relation to the topic of men. Editors Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, and Robert W. Connell have assembled an esteemed group of contributors who are among the best-known experts in their particular fields.

About the author

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at SUNY at Stony Brook. His books include Changing Men (1987), Men Confront Pornography (1990), Mens Lives (4th edition, 1997), Against the Tide: Profeminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990 (1992), The Politics of Manhood (1996), and Manhood: A Cultural History (1996). In addition to the journal Men and Masculinities, he also edits a book series on Men and Masculinity at the University of California Press, and the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities. He is the Spokesperson for the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) and lectures extensively on campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

 

Jeff Hearn is Professorial Research Fellow in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies at the University of Manchester.
Sasha Roseneil is University Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities
• Editors: Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, Raewyn Connell
• Contributors: Michael S. Kimmel, Jeff Hearn, Raewyn Connell
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2005
• ISBN: 0761923691, 9780761923695
• Length: 505 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Men's Studies