Elliott’s book concerns questions of change: changes both in theories about men and boys, and in men’s and boys’ experiences and ideas around masculinity. The book is based on interviews with 28 Australian and German men in Berlin and in an unnamed Australian city, and it adopts a cross-nationally comparative, empirical approach that is often lacking in critical studies on men and masculinities (CSMM). In doing so, Elliott’s impressive, empirical work challenges the kind of methodological nationalism that has long affected the field, engaging with these issues in a way that is highly readable and accessible. The focus on what precarious labor means for men’s privilege is an especially important, recurring feature throughout the book. Whilst assuming a model that takes individuals’ current employment (as opposed to family wealth) as a marker of class, Elliott treats the tensions between economic privilege, precarity, and experience with sensitivity and nuance, never fully subscribing to the notion that demographically privileged men are either entirely privileged or relying on their self-assessments.

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书评：年轻人驾驭当代男性气概

埃利奥特（Elliott）的书关注变化的问题：关于男人和男孩的理论以及男人和男孩关于男性气概的经历和观念的变化都在变化。这本书是基于对柏林和一个不知名的澳大利亚城市的28名澳大利亚和德国男人的采访而得出的，该书采用了跨国比较的经验方法，但在有关男性和男性气质（CSMM）的批判性研究中却经常缺乏这种方法。在这种情况下，埃利奥特（Elliott）令人印象深刻的实证研究工作对长期影响该领域的方法论民族主义提出了挑战，并以高度可读性和可访问性的方式处理这些问题。在整本书中，重点关注不稳定的劳动对男人的特权意味着什么，这是一个特别重要的，反复出现的特征。