ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies key themes in the literature on rural masculinities. We demonstrate that rural masculinities are enacted in relation to constructions of the rural—a context which is dynamic, uneven and temporal—as well as in relation to rural femininities and urban masculinities. Experienced at scales ranging from the body to the nation state, rural masculinities are shaped by other social categories such as class, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity and Indigeneity. The chapter concludes by highlighting the need to maintain the political imperative of rural masculinity research, keeping feminist goals at the forefront of inquiry.
