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OverviewRural masculinity is hardly a typical topic for a book. There is something unexpected, faintly disturbing, even humorous about investigating that which has long been seen and yet so often overlooked. But, the ways in which we think about and socially organize masculinity are of great significance in the lives of both men and women. In Country Boys we also see that masculinity is no less significant in rural life than in urban life. The essays in this volume offer much-needed insight into the myths and stereotypes, as well as the reality of the lives of rural men. Interdisciplinary in scope, the contributions investigate what it means to be a farming man, a logging man, or a boy growing up in a country town and how this impacts both men and women in city and country. Chapters cover not only the United States but also Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, giving the book an unusually broad scope. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hugh Campbell (University of Otago) , Michael Mayerfeld Bell (Associate Professor of Rural Sociology) , Margaret Finney (University of Otago) , Carolyn SachsPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.653kg ISBN: 9780271028743ISBN 10: 0271028742 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 24 July 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsContents Foreword-Carolyn Sachs 1. Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life Hugh Campbell, Michael Mayerfeld Bell, and Margaret Finney Part I: Practices 2. Cultivating Dialogue: Sustainable Agriculture and Masculinities Gregory Peter, Michael Mayerfeld Bell, Susan Jarnagin, and Donna Bauer 3. Three Visions of Masculine Success on American Farms Peggy F. Barlett 4. Masculinities in Rural Small Business Ownership: Between Community and Capitalism Sharon Bird 5. Real Men, Real Locals, and Real Workers: Realizing Masculinity in Small-Town New Zealand Hugh Campbell 6. Rooted and Routed Masculinities Among the Rural Youth of North Cork and Upper Swaledale Caitriona Ni Laoire and Shaun Fielding 7. White Men Are This Nation : Right-Wing Militias and the Restoration of Rural American Masculinity Michael Kimmel and Abby L. Ferber 8. Rural Men's Health: Situating Risk in the Negotiation of Masculinity Will H. Courtenay Part II: Representations 9. Cowboy Love David Bell 10. Embodiment and Rural Masculinity Jo Little 11. Beer Advertising, Rurality, and Masculinity Robin Law 12. Changing Masculinity in a Changing Rural Industry: Representations in the Forestry Press Berit Brandth and Marit S. Haugen 13. Warrior Heroes and Little Green Men: Soldiers, Military Training, and the Construction of Rural Masculinities Rachel Woodward Part III: Changes 14. Country/City Men Robert W. Connell 15. Gendered Places and Place-Based Gender Identities: Reflections and Refractions Linda Lobao About the Contributors A Note on the Photographs References IndexReviewsCountry Boys demonstrates how images and realities of the lives of rural men - from cowboys, farmers, and lumberjacks to militiamen, agrarian patriarchs, and the lads down at the local pub - play central roles in the social construction of masculinities of all sorts, as well as in the gendered construction of rural life. Avoiding both idealization and denigration of rural masculinities, these essays indicate and excavate literally and figuratively underexplored locations to yield important and enlightening sociological insights. The contributors to this volume make a very significant contribution to our understandings of the economies, sexualities, politics, and health of rural life on a global scale. - Harry Brod, University of Northern Iowa Author InformationHugh Campbell is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food, and Environment at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Michael Mayerfeld Bell is Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His most recent book is Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability (Penn State, 2004). Margaret Finney recently completed her Ph.D. thesis on gender and literature and is currently working at the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food, and Environment at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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