{"title":"K. Allison Hammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eK. Allison Hammer's works explore the evolving notions of identity and societal roles within contemporary culture. With a keen insight into the shifting dynamics of gender and expression, readers are invited to engage with thought-provoking analyses that challenge traditional perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the fields of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, these books offer a nuanced examination of cultural transitions, making them essential for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of modern masculinity and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"masculinity-in-transition-by-k-allison-hammer-9781517914356","title":"Masculinity in Transition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocating the roots of toxic masculinity and finding its displacement in unruly culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMasculinity in Transition\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes shifting relationships to masculinity in canonical works of twentieth-century literature and film, as well as in twenty-first-century media, performance, and transgender poetics. Focusing on \"toxic masculinity,\" which has assumed new valence since 2016, K. Allison Hammer traces its roots to a complex set of ideologies embedded in the histories of settler colonialism, racial capitalism, and political fraternity. The book finds that while toxic strains of masculinity are mainly associated with straight, white men, trans and queer masculinities can also be implicated in these systems of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHammer argues, however, that these malignant forms of masculinity are not fixed and can be displaced by \"unruly alliances\"—texts and relationships that reject the nationalisms and gender politics of white male hegemony and perform an urgently needed reimagining of what it means to be masculine. Locating these unruly alliances in the writings, performances, and films of butch lesbians, gay men, cisgender femmes, and trans and nonbinary individuals, \u003cem\u003eMasculinity in Transition\u003c\/em\u003e works through an archive of performance art, trans poetics, Western films and streaming media, global creative responses to HIV\/AIDS, and working-class and \"white trash\" fictions about labour and unionisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMasculinity in Transition\u003c\/em\u003e moves the study of masculinity away from an overriding preoccupation with cisnormativity, whiteness, and heteronormativity, and toward a wider and more generative range of embodiments, identifications, and ideologies. Hammer's bold rethinking of masculinity and its potentially toxic effects lays bare the underlying fragility of normative masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461169037548,"sku":"9781517914356","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781517914356-masculinity-in-transition.jpg?v=1774960486"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/k-allison-hammer.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}