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The Forgotten Realities of Men

The Forgotten Realities of Men

Critical Reflections on Masculinity in Contemporary Society

Edited by Marc Lafrance, Jean-Martin Deslauriers, Gilles Tremblay and Pauline Hoebanx

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Imprint: UBC Press

402 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm

Hardcover
9780774871624
Published: May 2025

£88.00

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Understanding the Forgotten Realities of Men: New Approaches to the Lived Experience of Masculinity / Marc Lafrance and Pauline Hoebanx

Part 1: Men in Distress – Mental Health, Hardship, and Resilience

1 Men and Infertility: Centring Experience and Managing Vulnerability / Brendan Gough and Esmée Hanna

2 Sometimes You Just Need to be Heard: Social Support for Black College Men / Allura Casanova and Daphne C. Watkins

3 Suffering in Silence: Men and the Lived Experience of Depression / Jean-Martin Deslauriers, Pauline Hoebanx, and Lilian Negura

Part 2: Men as Victims – Stigma, Trauma, and Marginalization

4 Transcending Taboo: Understanding the Realities of Male Sexual Abuse Victims / Natacha Godbout, Cloé Canivet, Mathilde Baumann, Mylène Fernet, and Audrey Brassard

5 Moving beyond Stigma: Re-examining the Lives of Teenage Fathers / Mark S. Kiselica

6 Rethinking Domestic and Family Violence: The Experiences of Indigenous Men / Renée Brassard, Myriam Spielvogel, and Lisa Ellington

Part 3: Men and Isolation – Health, Well-Being, and Rural Life

7 Real Farmers, Real Men? Negotiating the Paradoxes of Masculinities, Health, and Well-Being in Agricultural Work / Philippe Roy, Gilles Tremblay, Steve Robertson, and Marie-Philippe Collin

8 Off the Map: Rural Men, Isolation, and Health / Murray Drummond, Sam Elliott, Claire Drummond, and James Smith

9 Surviving Disaster: Help Seeking among Senior Men after a Major Earthquake / Oscar Labra, Danielle Maltais, and Gabriel Gingras Lacroix

Part 4: Men and Manhood – Culture, Media, and Sexual Politics

10 Lads, Medical Experts, and Carers: How Men Talk about Penis Concerns in Online Forums / Craig Owen and Christine Campbell

11 Pickup Artists, Heterosexual Masculinities, and Urban Legend: A Study of the Seduction Community / Jitse Schuurmans and Lee F. Monaghan

12 Making It in the NHL: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Competitive Ice Hockey's Culture of Fear / Cheryl MacDonald

13 "Say You'll Never Ever Leave from Beside Me": Black Masculinity and Emotional Expression in Mainstream Rap / Jamilah A.Y Dei-Sharpe and Marc Lafrance

14 Big Boys Hiding in Their Bedrooms: Exploring Representations of Men's Arrested Development in Postmillennium Hollywood Cinema / Lucas Gottzén

Part 5: Transforming Men – Men, Gender Equality, and Social Change

15 Crisis, Complexity, Ambivalence: The Limits and Lived Experiences of Gender-Transformation Interventions / Christopher J. Colvin

16 Strategic Masculinities in the Face of Vulnerability: Establishing Gender in Correctional Work / Matthew S. Johnston and Rosemary Ricciardelli

Marc Lafrance is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology and Special Advisor to the Provost at Concordia University. His research relates to self, body, and society; gender, sexuality, and the popular media; masculinity, health, and well-being; and identity, ideological extremism, and political polarization. He has published over fifty research papers and co-edited two book collections.

Jean-Martin Deslauriers is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Ottawa. As a social worker, he has worked with men who display violent behaviour. Deslauriers has published in journals such as Fathering, the Journal of Men's Studies, the British Journal of Social Work, and the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth.

Gilles Tremblay is a retired professor in the School of Social Work and Criminology at Laval University, where he continues to oversee the Expertise and Research Task Force on Men's Health and Well-Being. He has authored or co-authored more than a hundred publications on men and masculinities.

Pauline Hoebanx is an assistant professor at St. Mary's University, who specializes in gender, men and masculinities, and online communities and their moderation. Her work has appeared in Men and Masculinities, Sociology Compass, and Critical Gambling Studies. She is the coordinator of Responsible Gambling in the Digital Era, a project funded by Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture.

Contributors: Mathilde Baumann, Audrey Brassard, Renée Brassard, Christine Campbell, Cloé Canivet, Allura Casanova, Marie-Philippe Collin, Christopher J. Colvin, Jamilah Dei-Sharpe, Jean-Martin Deslauriers, Claire Drummond, Murray Drummond, Lisa Ellington, Sam Elliott, Mylène Fernet, Gabriel Gingras Lacroix, Natacha Godbout, Lucas Gottzén, Brendan Gough, Esmée Hanna, Matthew S. Johnston, Mark S. Kiselica, Oscar Labra, Cheryl MacDonald, Danielle Maltais, Lee F. Monaghan, Lilian Negura, Craig Owen, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Steven Robertson, Philippe Roy, Jitse Schuurmans, James A. Smith, Myriam Spielvogel, and Daphne C. Watkins.