Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain

A History for the Present

Matt Houlbrook (Professor), Katie Jones, Ben Mechen

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English

Manchester University Press
01 February 2024

Historiography; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Gender studies: men

Men and masculinities provides an engaging, accessible and provocative introduction to histories of masculinity for all readers interested in contemporary gender politics.

The book offers a critical overview of ongoing historiographical debates and the historical making of men's lives and identities and ideas of masculinity between the 1890s and the present day. In setting out a new agenda for the field, it makes an ambitious argument for the importance of writing histories which are present-centred and politically engaged. This means that the book engages head-on with ferocious debates about men's social position and the status of masculinity in contemporary public life.

In establishing a critical genealogy for the proliferation of this crisis talk, it sets out new ways of understanding how men's lives and ideas of masculinity have changed over time while patriarchy and male power have persisted.

Edited by: Matt Houlbrook (Professor), Katie Jones, Ben Mechen
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 642g
ISBN: 9781526174697
ISBN 10: 1526174693
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matt Houlbrook is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Birmingham. Katie Jones is an Independent Scholar living in Birmingham. Ben Mechen is a Researcher at the University of Bristol.