International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities

Relevance is a given, is it not, with a good reference work; so are logical coherence, currency, usability, and value for money. But you do not want a tutorial – you want a review. Interestingness is a bonus, and so is long‐overdue‐ness. The International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (yes, a plural which we will examine later) has all these in spades, and it is a book that I am very pleased to see in print. Its approach really is international and cross‐cultural. It has a sound core of concepts and explanations at its heart. It succeeds in not boring...