Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The two 'Moulding Masculinities' volumes represent the first major publication in English of Northern European studies on masculinities. They focus on men's relationships towards each other and their bodies, primarily from psycho-dynamic and social constructionist perspectives. The contributors are drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, social anthropology, media studies and sports sciences, and include scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, the UK and the USA. Investigating the relational aspects of masculinity, this volume describes how different masculinities are moulded within diverse structures and settings. It explores how men interact with each other and how they collectively react to and embody changing concepts of masculinity. By centering on the struggle and negotiation between different groups and discourses of masculinity and investigating the origin of dominant images and ideals of masculinity, these two volumes will widen international understanding of how historic forms of masculinity are interpreted, revived and combined in the process of moulding masculinities.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. vii)
• List of Contributors (p. viii)
• Foreword (p. xi)
• 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• 2 Men, Gender and the State (p. 15)
• 3 A Theory of Gender, Patriarchy and Capitalism (p. 29)
• 4 The Emancipation from Gender: A Critique of the Utopias of Postmodern Gender Theory (p. 44)
• 5 Beautiful Men, Fine Women and Good Work People: Gender and Skill in Northern Sweden 1850-1950 (p. 66)
• 6 Masculine Sport and Masculinity in Denmark at the Turn of the Century (p. 81)
• 7 Masculinity and the North (p. 115)
• 8 Modernized Masculinities? Continuities, Challenges and Changes in Men's Lives (p. 127)
• 9 Technology and Masculinity: Men and their Machines (p. 149)
• 10 Contingency and Desire: The Ritual Construction of Masculinity in a Right-Wing Political Youth Organization (p. 170)
• 11 A Death Mask of Masculinity: The Brotherhood of Norwegian Right-Wing Skinheads (p. 184)
• 12 Fathering, Masculinity and Parental Relationships (p. 212)
• 13 Men's Lack of Family Orientation: Some Reflections on Scandinavian Research on Families (p. 227)
• 14 Fatherhood and Masculinity: Non-resident Fathers' Construction of Identity (p. 247)
• 15 Masculinity and Paranoia in Strindberg's The Father (p. 264)
• 16 Phallic Lovers, Non-phallic Lovers: Stereotyped Masculinities in Women's Novels of the 1970s (p. 288)
• 17 Fathers - The Solution or Part of the Problem? Single Mothers, their Sons and Social Work (p. 312)
• Index (p. 323)