Australian Masculinities: Men & Their Histories

‘Our conclusion on masculine identities can only be that, like feminine identities they are multiple, complex quite unstable constructions, even within one culture or one time… Australian masculinities have a history entailing an interweaving of powers, both lived and imagined.’ Clive Moore.

Australian Masculinities focuses on prominent sites of masculinity in public and private life; from convicts to colonial settlers, from military, sporting and musical heroes, to larrikins, ockers, rock ‘n’ roll legends and movie stars, to image in literature, sensitive new age guys and gay men.