This reader provides an international mixture of the best classic foundational pieces and recent key works that investigate masculinity from a feminist perspective. The chapters examine a wide range of topics including gay liberation, the men's movement, black and working-class masculinities, homophobia and the Internet.

This Reader provides an international mixture of the best classic foundational pieces and recent key works that investigate masculinity from a feminist perspective. The chapters examine a wide range of topics including gay liberation, the men's movement, black and working-class masculinities, homophobia and the Internet.

PART 1
1970-1985
1. On Male Liberation
2. A Gay Manifesto
3. Toward Gender Justice
4. Learning from Women
5. Men's Power with Women, other Men, and Society: A Men's Movement Analysis
6. Excerpts from 'The Limits of Masculinity: Male Identity and Women's Liberation'
7. Hopes and Dreams: Creating a Men's Politics
8. Excerpts from 'White Hero Black Beast: Racism, Sexism and the Mask of Masculinity'
9. Shop Floor Culture, Masculinity and the Wage Form
10. Excerpts from 'Black Masculinity: The Black Male's Role in American Society'
11. Excerpts from 'Holy Virility: the Social Construction of Masculinity'
PART 2
1985 - THE PRESENT
12. Toward a New Sociology of Masculinity
13. Men Loving Men: the Challenge of Gay Liberation
14. Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity
15. What is Problematic about Masculinities?
16. Displaying the Phallus: Masculinity and the Performance of Sexuality on the Internet
17. Racial Warriors and Weekend Warriors: The Construction of Masculinity in Mythopoetic and White Supremacist Dicourse
18. 'Muslim Brothers, Black lads, traditional Asians': British Muslim Young Men's Constructions of Race, Religion, and Masculinity
19. Envisioning (Black) Male Feminism: A Cross-Cultural Perspective