Discovering Men

Feminism has put the critical study of men and masculinities firmly on to the academic agenda. First published in 1992, Discovering Men explores key issues in this field of study, looking at the theoretical, practical and political difficulties that arise when men begin to study themselves.

David H. J. Morgan was a key figure in the British sociological community. He was one of the original staff members of the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester when it was founded in 1964, and he taught there for almost 35 years. Many of David's publications on families and masculinities remain landmark works that helped shape and transform these fields of study. In 2005, in recognition of David's standing as one of the foremost sociologists in the fields of families, relationships, personal life and everyday lives, the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives at the University of Manchester was named after him.

Introduction 1. Men and feminism 2. Problems of studying men 3. Rereading classics 4. Danger, men at work 5. Challenges to masculinity: (i) Unemployment 6. Challenges to masculinity: (ii) Upsets at the workplace 7. Challenges to masculinity: (iii) The suffrage movement 8. Men and methodologies 9. Studying men in a patriarchal society