This handbook provides a contemporary overview of theories and research on masculinities as well as new ideas and subject areas for future research. From an interdisciplinary angle, the chapters discuss a range of topics on men and masculinities related to identity, sex, sexuality, culture, aesthetics and technology. The book stresses the need for intersectional theorizing in dialogue with feminist, queer and sexuality studies in making sense of men and masculinities.
This collection of essays introduces the field of heterosexualities studies and key lines of inquiry within the field. The handbook examines the dominant identity group in order to illuminate the taken-for-granted assumptions on heterosexual identities. This perspective questions the idea that heterosexuality is natural, normal and biologically driven. Based on case studies, the chapters show how straightness varies between men and women but also across different racial groups, social classes and one’s status as trans or cisgender.
This handbook offers a global examination of the growing social movement to address femicide and feminicide. It includes the current state of knowledge and the prevalence of femicide/feminicide and its characteristics across countries and world regions, as well as the social and legal responses to these killings.