The Forgotten Realities of Men

This groundbreaking collection offers a rare glimpse into the often-overlooked aspects of men’s lives, set against the backdrop of shifting social norms, economic uncertainty, and the political upheaval of today’s world.

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.

A timely book. The Forgotten Realities of Men provides fresh insight into different groups of men, how they make sense of their complicated worlds, and how this helps shape current theories of masculinity. I greatly enjoyed reading it.

Christopher E. Forth, author of Masculinity in the Modern West:

The Forgotten Realities of Men is an important contribution to scholarship on men and masculinities that offers a critically nuanced account of male experiences in a variety of contexts.