Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men.

• Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be heard.
• Looks at how the labour market is changing.
• Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial identities.
• Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity.

Linda McDowell is Professor of Geography at University College, London. Her previous publications include Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City (Blackwells, 1997) and Gender, Identity and Place (1999).