"Queer Masculinities: A Critical Reader in Education "is a
substantial addition to the discussion of queer masculinities, of
the interplay between queer masculinities and education, and to the
political gender discourse as a whole. Enriching the discourse of
masculinity politics, the cross-section of scholarly interrogations
of the complexities and contradictions of queer masculinities in
education demonstrates that any serious study of
masculinity-hegemonic or otherwise-must consider the theoretical
and political contributions that the concept of queer masculinity
makes to a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of
masculinity itself.
The essays adopt a range of approaches from empirical studies to
reflective theorizing, and address themselves to three separate
educational realms: the K-12 level, the collegiate level, and the
level in popular culture, which could be called 'cultural
pedagogy'. The wealth of detailed analysis includes, for example,
the notion that normative expectations and projections on the part
of teachers and administrators unnecessarily reinforce the values
and behaviors of heteronormative masculinity, creating an
institutionalized loop that disciplines masculinity. At the same
time, and for this very reason, schools represent an opportunity to
'provide a setting where a broader menu can be introduced and
gender/sexual meanings, expressions, and experiences boys encounter
can create new possibilities of what it can mean to be male'. At
the collegiate level chapters include analysis of what the authors
call 'homosexualization of heterosexual men' on the university
dance floor, while the chapters of the third section, on popular
culture, include a fascinating analysis of the construction of
queer 'counternarratives' that can be constructed watching TV shows
of apparently hegemonic bent. In all, this volume's breadth and
detail make it a landmark publication in the study of queer
masculinities, and thus in critical masculinity studies as a
whole.
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