Performing Masculinity

ANTHONY BATEMAN is Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, UK DAVID BOULTING is an independent scholar KATHARINE BURKITT teaches at the University of Liege, Belgium WOLFGANG FUNK is a Research Assistant at Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany WENDY HO is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA LUCIA KRA MER is Lecturer in British Literature and Culture at Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany JESSICA MALAY is Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK DIEGO SAGLIA is Associate Professor of English Literature and Culture at the University of Parma, Italy SVEN SCHMALFUss is Lecturer in Gender Studies at Regensburg University, Germany GERALD SIEGMUND is Professor of Dance Studies at the University of Giessen, Germany

This interdisciplinary study analyzes the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day.This interdisciplinary study analyzes the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day.