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Country boys : masculinity and rural life

edited by Hugh Campbell, Michael Mayerfeld Bell, Margaret Finney ; foreword by Carolyn Sachs ; photographs by Cynthia Vagnetti

（Rural studies series）

Pennsylvania State University Press, c2006

: pbk.

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Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Library

: pbk.K/367/7575950000757595

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-311) and index

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Description

Rural 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.

Table of Contents

Contents 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 Index

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