Among Men : Moulding Masculinities, Volume 1 (Hardcover)

Contents: Foreword, Michael Kimmel; Introduction, SA¸ren ErvA¸ and Thomas Johansson; Men, gender and the state, R.W. Connell; A theory of gender, patriarchy and capitalism, A?ystein GullvA￥g Holter; The emancipation from gender: a critique of the Utopias of postmodern gender theory, Mikael Carleheden; Beautiful men, fine women and good work people: gender and skill in Northern Sweden 1850-1950, Ella Johansson; Masculine sport and masculinity in Denmark at the turn of the century, Hans Bonde; Masculinity and the north, Lena Eskilsson; Modern masculinities? Continuities, challenges and changes in men’s lives, Michael Meuser; Technology and masculinity: men and their machines, Ulf MellstrA¶m; Contingency and desire: the ritual construction of masculinity in a right-wing political youth organization, Philip Lalander; A death mask of masculinity: the brotherhood of Norwegian right-wing skinheads, Katrine Fangen; Fathering, masculinity and parental relationships, Victor Jeleniewski Seidler; Men’s lack of family orientation: some reflections on Scandinavian research on families, Christian Kullberg; Fatherhood and masculinity: non-resident fathers’ construction of identity, Thomas Johansson; Masculinity and paranoia in Strindberg’s 'The Father', JA¸rgen Lorentzen; Phallic lovers, non-phallic lovers: stereotyped masculinities in women’s novels of the 1970s, Helena WahlstrA¶m; Fathers - the solution or part of the problem? Single mothers, their sons and social work, Thomas Johansson; Index.