The Masculinity Studies Reader brings together widely-read and -cited work by key theorists in a new context that is intended simultaneously to establish the contours of and to raise questions about masculinity as a field of academic inquiry.
About the Author
Rachel Adams is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her writing includes the book Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Imagination (2001) and articles in American Literature, CameraObscura, GLQ, and Michigan Quarterly.
David Savran is Professor of Theatre at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has written two books on masculinity: Taking It Like a Man: White Masculinity, Masochism, and Contemporary American Culture (1998) and Communists, Cowboys, and Queers: The Politics of Masculinity in the Work of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams (1992).
Features
Charts the history and defining questions within the field through clear, accessible introductory essays.
Unifies research on masculinity within the humanities and social sciences for the first time.
Includes frequently-anthologized essays within an entirely new context, shedding new light on well-known material.
