This photographic exploration draws together the work ofapproximately fifty artists of different ethnicities, generations,and gender identities to look at how ideas of masculinity haveevolved since the 1960s. Each of its six themed chapters featuresbold and arresting work by artists such as Richard Avedon, JohnCoplans, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Collier Schorr, LarrySultan, Wolfgang Tillmans, and David Wojnarowicz, who areall renowned for their depictions of masculinity and its tropes.Others, including Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Masahisa Fukase, AdiNes, Hank Willis Thomas, and Akram Zaatari, offer ethnically andculturally diverse perspectives. A number of female artists LaurieAnderson, Annette Messager, Tracey Moffatt, and Marianne Wex explore the uncomfortable and invasive nature of the male gazeand younger artists such as Sam Contis, Andrew Moisey, PaulMpagi Sepuya, and Elle Pérez, offer a 21st-century perspectiveof maleness through the lens of identity and global politics. Eachchapter in the book opens with an essay by a key thinker in thefields of art, history, culture, and queer studies. Spanning decadesand continents, this exploration shows how increasingly difficultit is to define masculinity