Dislocating masculinity : comparative ethnographies /

Originally published in 1994, and now a feminist classic, Dislocating Masculinity offers a penetrating critique of writing on and by men. Bringing together anthropologists, sociologists, linguists and historians, it raises important comparative questions about how gender operates, addressing issues...

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Other Authors: Cornwall, Andrea, 1963- (Editor), Lindisfarne, Nancy, 1944- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017
Edition:Second edition
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Dislocating masculinity: Gender, power and anthropology / Andrea Cornwall Cornwall, Andrea, Nancy Lindisfame Lindisfame, Nancy 11
  • 2 Missing masculinity?: Prostitutes' clients in Alicante, Spain / Angle Hart Hart, Angle 46
  • 3 A broken mirror: Masculine sexuality in Greek ethnography / Peter Loizos Loizos, Peter 63
  • 4 Variant masculinities, variant virginities: Rethinking 'honour and shame' / Nancy Lindisfame Lindisfame, Nancy 78
  • 5 'We're here, we're queer, and we're not going shopping': Changing gay male identities in contemporary Britain / David Forrest Forrest, David 93
  • 6 Gendered identities and gender ambiguity among travestis in Salvador, Brazil / Andrea Cornwall Cornwall, Andrea 107
  • 7 Pandora unbound: A feminist critique of Foucault's History of Sexuality / Lin Foxhall Foxhall, Lin 125
  • 8 Men don't go to the moon: Language, space and masculinities in Zimbabwe / Chenjerai Shire Shire, Chenjerai 138
  • 9 An economy of affect: Objectivity, masculinity and the gendering of police work / Bonnie McElhinny McElhinny, Bonnie 149
  • 10 The 'White Negro' revisited: Race and masculinities in south London / Les Back Back, Les 161
  • 11 'Real true boys': Moulding the cadets of imperialism / Helen Kanitkar Kanitkar, Helen 173
  • 12 The paradoxes of masculinity: Some thoughts on segregated societies / Deniz Kandiyoti Kandiyoti, Deniz 185