University of British Columbia Press
The Nature of Masculinity
Critical Theory, New Materialisms, and Technologies of Embodiment
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The Nature of Masculinity
Critical Theory, New Materialisms, and Technologies of Embodiment
This analysis of the relationship between gender and nature proposes that masculinity is a technology that shapes both our engagement with the natural world and how we define freedom. As the complexity of our ecosystems becomes more apparent, the line between nature and culture, human and nonhuman, and technology and bodies becomes less distinct. Yet contemporary masculinity studies has generally failed to incorporate this new way of thinking. Drawing on the work of the Frankfurt School, Heidegger, and new materialist theories, Steve Garlick reassesses the relationship between masculinity, nature, and embodiment to advance a new critical theory of masculinity.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Nature of Masculinity
1 Social Theory, Masculinity, and New Materialisms
2 Technologies of Embodiment: Toward a New Critical Theory of Masculinity
3 Autoerotic Bodies: Biopolitics, Masculinity, and Nature
4 Pornographic Bodies: Affect, Masculinity, and Technology
5 Violent Bodies: Complexity and the Spectacle of Masculinity
6 The Work of Masculinity
References; Index