Men of the World: Genders, Globalizations, Transnational Times

Year 2016, Issue: 5, 111 - 115, 01.06.2016

Benedetta Gennaro

Abstract

Jeff Hearn is a British sociologist with an impressive record of publications ranging from sociology, organizations and management, social policy, men, gender relations, sexuality, violence, and cultural studies. His latest work, Men of the World: Genders, Globalizations, Transnational Times looks at “men in the context of gender relations, intersectionality, spatialization, globalizations, transnationalizations.” (p. 3). The project is ambitious, and Hearn provides a rich theoretical argumentation interspersed with autobiographical vignettes in which he seeks to deconstruct and analyze his own positionality and privilege. Jeff Hearn’s impact on the academic community has not just been theoretical and conceptual, but during his career he has done important work on sexual violence, and he has been active in grassroots campaigns in many countries. His life is characterized by many moves and contacts with different cultures where masculinity and gender are embodied and experienced in different ways

Keywords

Genders, Globalizations, Transnational