Product Description: Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World sheds new light on the interrelationship between gender and the nation, focusing on the role of masculinities in various processes of nation-building in the modern world between 1800 and the 1960s.

Product Description: Analyzing the speeches of the two Bush presidencies, this book presents a new conceptualization of hegemonic masculinity by making the case for a multiplicity of hegemonic masculinites locally, regionally, and globally. This book outlines how state leaders may appeal to particular hegemonic masculinites in their attempt to "sell" wars and thereby camouflage salient political practices in the process...read more

Product Description: Men in political theory builds on feminist re-readings of the traditional canon of male writers in Political Philosophy by turning the 'gender lens' on to the representation of men in widely studies texts. It explains the distinction between 'man' as an apparently de-gendered 'individual' or 'citizen', and 'man' as an overtly gendered being in human society...read more

The reality of international relations and its academic study are still almost entirely constituted by men. Rethinking the Man Question is a crucial investigation and reinvigoration of debates about gender and international relations.  Following on from the seminal The Man Question in International Relations this book looks at the increasingly violent and 'toxic' nature of world politics post 9/11. Contributors including Raewyn Connell, Kimberley Hutchings, Cynthia Enloe, Kevin Dunn and Sandra Whitworth consider the diverse theoretical and practical implications of masculinity for international relations in the modern world. Covering theoretical issues including masculine theories of war, masculinity and the military, cyborg soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder and white male privilege. The book also focuses on the ways in which masculinity configures world events from conscientious objection in South Africa to 'porno-nationalism' in India, from myths and heroes in Kosovo to the makings of Zimbabwe.  This essential work will define the field for many years to come. 

Draws from science, literature, and philosophy to examine the layers of manliness, from vulgar aggression, to assertive manliness, to masculinity as a virtue, and urges men and women to understand and accept manliness.

A professor of psychology shows how 'anxious masculinity' is a factor in many wars and conflicts, offering a sweeping treatment of the subject, from the contentious politics of ancient Greece through the backlash against Hillary Clinton and the current War in Iraq.

Product Description: Politics and war are crucial to the history of masculinity, yet have been neglected in the emergent historiography of masculinity. This book opens up new avenues in gender history by mapping masculinity's part in making revolution, waging war, building nations, and constructing welfare states...read more

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Product Description: Forget Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam -- is the United States queer? Is the American body politic in drag? Cynthia Weber thinks so, at least in terms of recent American foreign relations with Cuba and other Caribbean countries. In Faking It, she queers heterosexual codes of sex and gender and offers a provocative and sometimes hilarious take on U...read more

Product Description: Forget Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam -- is the United States queer? Is the American body politic in drag? Cynthia Weber thinks so, at least in terms of recent American foreign relations with Cuba and other Caribbean countries. In Faking It, she queers heterosexual codes of sex and gender and offers a provocative and sometimes hilarious take on U...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

International relations is still very much a man's field. Questioning and problematizing the subjecthood of men, this book of twelve original essays examines the various ways in which masculinities are implicated in international relations theories and practices. The contributors argue that if the subject of international relations is constructed around men and masculinity, then perhaps destabilizing the subject of “man” will help destabilize the whole field in ways that “adding women and stirring” has not. The feminist modern project of bringing attention to women can paradoxically highlight the fluidity of the subject of woman rather than reveal the solidity of her position, however illusory. (view table of contents)