The conundrum of masculinity: hegemony, homosociality, homophobia and heteronormativity

The 'metrosexual,' the 'menaissance man,' the 'post-sensitive man' have emerged as new gender motifs to describe new ways of living out masculinities.

Alongside this, the increasing media-led fascination with transgendered, intersexual and queer lives has intensified one of the most pressing gender questions in contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?

In response to these media-led narratives, this book helps the reader navigate through these popular confusions and contradictions to address and explore this question, providing a theoretically robust, empirically grounded engagement with the issue of men and masculinity.