Overview

Beyond the Hegemonic: A Global Exploration of Theory and Praxis of Men and Masculinities critically examines the conceptualization of hegemonic masculinity, arguing against its reduction to a monolithic and inherently negative construct. Instead, it proposes a more nuanced understanding of hegemony as crucial for the development of effective strategies for gender justice. The volume investigates the complex interplay between globalization, postcolonialism, neoliberalism, and emergent technologies in shaping masculinities across local, regional, and global scales. It analyzes the dynamic relationship between hegemonic masculinity and a range of non-hegemonic masculinities, including complicit, subordinate, marginalized, and protest masculinities. Through a diverse range of case studies, encompassing topics such as the influence of Boys' Love media, the fragility of patriarchal masculinity as revealed in marginalized women's narratives, the cultural implications of the ""geriaction"" subgenre, the negotiation of metrosexuality within Indian contexts, and the intersection of violence and masculinity, the book explores the multifaceted ways in which feminism, globalization, and shifting gender roles have shaped contemporary masculinities, ultimately offering considered projections regarding their future trajectories.

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Author:   Debapriya Ganguly ,  Rajni Singh (Indian Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781666981261

ISBN 10:   1666981265
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: In Search of Man: Making and Unmaking of Masculinity in Boys’ Love Media Shreya Bhowmik Chapter 2: Interrogating Fragile Masculinity in Mahasweta Devi’s Breast Stories Bidisha Pal Chapter 3: Masculinity, Aging, and Health: A Rhetorical Analysis of Tulsa King and the Rise of the “Geriaction” Subgenre Kathryn Yazgulian Chapter 4: Not All Men!: A Netnographic Reading of Contemporary Heterosexual Masculinities on Instagram Vishal Raj and Nagendra Kumar Chapter 5: The Countering Masculinities of Male Identity: Reading of Anuradha Roy’s An Atlas of Impossible Longing and Shubhangi Swarup’s Latitudes of Longing Rachna & Averi Mukhopadhyay Chapter 6: Pink Shirts and Groomed Mustaches: Reading Metrosexuality in Contemporary India Krishanu Nath Chapter 7: Cults of Physicality: Masculinities, Leisure, Body in the Material Context Sakshi Nain Bishnoi Chapter 8: Coming of R-age: Exploring the Labyrinth of Violence among Young Indian Males Saradindu Mandal Chapter 9: Collaging Queer Masculinity: A Confluence of Popular Culture and Academia Yagyaseni Bhattacharya Chapter 10: Beyond the Symbolic Masculine Body: Interrogating Embodied Power and Inner Body in Byayam Samitis of Kolkata Sohini Saha Chapter 11: Feminine Masculinity and Phallic (Wo)man in K. R. Meera’s Hangwoman Puja Ghosh & Averi Mukhopadhyay Chapter 12: Mapping Invisible Violence: Theorizing Sexual Violence on Men in India Ritika Chapter 13: Virtual Desires: the twink trope, digital platforms, and reactionary masculinity Shambhavi Chapter 14: Masculine Performance in Urban Places: Interrogating the Psyche of Male Body in OMG 2 and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Pritha Chakraborty and Atolanto Ghoshal Chapter 15: Capturing Emotions, Unveiling Masculinities: Exploring Masculinity in The Roundup Series and South Korean Cinema Kyoung-suk Sung Chapter 16: What Defines the Balkan Man: Masculinity in Popular Music Uroš Ðurovic Chapter 17: Female Masculinity in Acceptance: The Cultural Dynamics of Everyday Life of Tomboyism in Indonesia Wisnu Adihartono Chapter 18: The Hidden Bias of Formal Equality: Masculinity, and Gender Norms in India Chiradeep Basak, Prem Kumar Agarwal & Anirban Senapati

Reviews

""Uniquely driven by the intersection of capital, gender and globalization-related phenomena like migration and displacement, this new edited volume offers a nuanced understanding of hegemony and brings to masculinity a multilayered analytical framework that moves beyond the domination/subordination gendered binary. A rich selection of essays on masculinity in literature, cinema, popular culture (including TV series, advertising and social media) charts impressive routes connecting India and East and Southeast Asia to the US and Europe to probe the potential of global capital and communication to modify and reshape local patriarchal legacies. Rajni Singh & Debapriya Ganguly have given us a volume with a true transnational vocation. A significant contribution to the changing field of masculinity studies."" * Mena Mitrano, Associate Professor of Anglo-American Literatures, Ca’ Foscari University Venice *

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RAJNI SINGH is Dean of Corporate Communications and Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad. DEBAPRIYA GANGULY is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India.

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