Young Men Navigating Contemporary Masculinities

This book explores navigations of contemporary masculinities amongst young,advantaged men living in Australia and Germany. Taking an intersectional approach, thebook argues that more open, egalitarian forms of masculinity, such as caringmasculinities, are fostered by marginalised groups. Elliott investigates ways in which privileged men can move towards this openness alongside ongoing expressions of more traditional or regressive masculinity. Drawing on interviews, the book explores thesenavigations and the ways in which they are bound up with themes such as work, mobility,relationships, the privileges and pressures of masculinities, and the contradictions anddifficulties of masculinities under neoliberalism. What is revealed is the need for changeat individual, collective and structural levels, with care and openness amongst men as ameans of achieving this change. Young Men Navigating Contemporary Masculinities will be of interest to students andscholars in fields such as sociology, gender studies, critical studies on men andmasculinities, and cultural studies.