Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-310) and index.

Introduction to the second edition -- Introducing masculinities -- G rowth of the field of study -- Debates and difficulties -- The global d imension -- In conclusion -- pt. I. Knowledge and its problems -- 1. Th e science of masculinity -- Rival knowledges -- Clinical knowledge -- T he Oedipus complex -- Archetype and identity -- Radical psychoanalysis -- The male role -- The new social science -- Histories -- Ethnography of the other -- Social construction and gender dynamics -- Political kn owledge -- The object of knowledge -- 2. Men's bodies -- True masculini ty -- Machine, landscape and compromise -- The body inescapable -- Comp lexities of mire or blood -- Banquo's ghost : body-reflexive practices -- Forming the world -- 3. The social organization of masculinity -- De fining masculinity -- Gender as a structure of social practice -- Relat ions among masculinities : hegemony, subordination, complicity, margina lization -- Historical dynamics, violence and crisis tendencies --

pt. II. Four studies of the dynamics of masculinity -- Introduction -- 4. Live fast and die young -- Group and context -- Abstract labour - - Violence and the state -- Compulsory heterosexuality for men -- Mascu linity as collective practice -- Protest masculinity -- Other trajector ies -- Divergent masculinities and gender politics -- 5. A whole new wo rld -- The moment of engagement -- Distancing -- The environmental move ment -- Encounters with feminism -- The moment of separation -- The ann ihilation of masculinity -- The moment of contestation -- 6. A very str aight gay -- The moment of engagement -- The grain of sand : sexuality -- Being gay : identity and relationships -- Relations between masculin ities -- Facing change -- Gay masculinity as project and history -- 7. Men of reason -- Constructing masculinity -- Constructing rationality - - Career and workplace -- The irrational -- Reason and change --

pt. III. History and politics -- 8. The history of masculinity -- Th e production of masculinity in the formation of the modern gender order -- Transformations -- The present moment -- 9. Masculinity politics -- Men's politics and masculinity politics -- Masculinity therapy -- The gun lobby : defending hegemonic masculinity -- Gay liberation -- Exit p olitics -- 10. Practice and utopia -- Historical consciousness -- Purpo ses of action -- Degendering and recomposing -- Forms of action -- Educ ation -- Prospects -- Afterword : the contemporary politics of masculin ity -- Men's interests in contemporary patriarchy -- 'Backlash' politic s -- Neoliberalism and men's interests -- The problem of violence -- Ma sculinity politics on a world scale.