This interdisciplinary study analyses the ways in which signs of masculinity#xA0;have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres --#xA0;including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games --#xA0;from#xA0;the early nineteenth century to the present day.#xA0;

Rainer Emig is Chair of English Literature and Culture at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. His research interests centre on the link between literature, culture and the media and theories of identity, power, gender and sexuality. His publications include Modernism in Poetry (1995), W. H. Auden: Towards a Postmodern Poetics (1999) and Stereotypes in Contemporary Anglo-German Relations (edited, 2000).
Antony Rowland is Chair in Literary Studies at the University of Salford, UK. His research interests include memory studies, Holocaust studies, contemporary poetry and masculinity. His publications include Signs of Masculinity (co-editor, 1999), `Choosing Tough Words': The Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy (co-editor, 2003) and Holocaust Poetry (2005). He has also published a collection of poetry entitled The Land of Green Ginger (2008).