Masculinities

Playing fields to battlefields: the development of Australian sporting manhood in its imperial context.

by John Nauright

Published in Journal of Australian Studies No. 56 (1998), co-authored with Daryl Adair and Murray Phillips

(Special Issue: Australian Masculinities: Men and Their Histories, ed. Clive Moore and Kay Saunders), pp. 51-67.

“Sexuality and the Feminine Space in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.”

by David Callahan

Op.Cit. [Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies] 5. 2002: 9-21.

"Containing Manhood in James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer"

by David Callahan

In Mário Avelar, ed., Viagens pela Palavra: Livro de Homenagem à Professora Maria Laura Bettencourt Pires (Lisbon: Universidade Aberta, 2005) (pp. 75-90)

From the centripetal attractions and dangers of the enclosed-by-forest Glimmerglass lake, through the claustrophobic... more From the centripetal attractions and dangers of the enclosed-by-forest Glimmerglass lake, through the claustrophobic combination of safety and danger of Hutter's Castle, to the uncertain floating refuge which is the Ark, along with numerous other occasions of concealment or capture, the characters are not so much adventuring outside as constantly forced inside. In this destabilized fable of the mythic intensity of the scouting life  we encounter the paradox that the characters are perpetually needing to hide, to find and stay in or make use of spaces which enclose them away from others. Life becomes dominated by the need to be not outside at all but inside and to be ever vigilant about the capacity of the space characters are in to keep them separate from others. Their outdoor lives are seen in this way to become constant exercises in inwardness and withdrawal, in boundary marking and patrolling the frontiers of the self.

2009. '"It's Just an Attitude That You Feel": Inter-ethnic habitus before the Cronulla riots', in G. Noble (ed.) Lines in the Sand: The Cronulla Riots and the Limits of Australian Multiculturalism. Institute of Criminology Press.

by Amanda Wise

Multicultural Masculinities and the Border Romance in John Saylesis Lone Star and Cormac McCarthyis Border Trilogy

by Katherine Sugg

Prove di virilità in Diario di un vizio di Marco Ferreri

by Fabio Andreazza

published in 'Allegoria', 61 (gennaio/giugno 2010)

The Italian film director Marco Ferreri put at the centre of his work the redefinition of male identity during the... more The Italian film director Marco Ferreri put at the centre of his work the redefinition of male identity during the late twentieth century. By crossing sociology, formal and intertextual analysis, this article reads the Don Juanism, which distinguishes the main character of Ferreri’s Diary of a Maniac, as a performative act directed at reaffirming a traditional model of masculinity.

Incrociando sociologia, analisi formale e intertestuale, l’articolo propone di interpretare il dongiovannismo che caratterizza il protagonista di Diario di un vizio di Marco Ferreri – un regista che ha posto al centro della sua opera la ridefinizione dell’identità maschile nel secondo Novecento – come un atto performativo volto a riaffermare un modello tradizionale di virilità.

Review of 'The Masculinities Reader.' Stephen M. Whitehead & Frank J. Barrett (eds). Polity Press, Cambridge (2001).

by Jerzy Kociatkiewicz

Published (2003) Gender, Work and Organization 10/3: 380-382
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DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.02012

The Masculinities Reader brings together 21 articles on masculinities published in the 1990s, attempting to form a... more The Masculinities Reader brings together 21 articles on masculinities published in the 1990s, attempting to form a comprehensive introduction to the current issues in the sociology of masculinity. And indeed it does compile a lot of current research into one volume.

The Genealogy of Beefcake: Or, Having Your Beefcake and Eating it Too.

by Jonathan Kemp

A paper I delivered at UCL in February 2012 on Beefcake: Gay Men & The Body Beautiful. A paper I delivered at UCL in February 2012 on Beefcake: Gay Men & The Body Beautiful.

Springer, Kristen W. and Dawne M. Mouzon. 2011. "'Macho Men' and Preventive Healthcare: Implications for Older Men in Different Social Classes." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 52(2):212-227.

by Dawne Marie Mouzon

*This paper has received extensive national and international media coverage including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, LA Times, MSNBC, Toronto Star, Times of India, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report.

The gender paradox in mortality—where men die earlier than women despite having more socioeconomic resources—may be... more The gender paradox in mortality—where men die earlier than women despite having more socioeconomic resources—may be partly explained by men’s lower levels of preventive health care. Stereotypical notions of masculinity reduce preventive health care; however, the relationship between masculinity, socioeconomic
status (SES), and preventive health care is unknown. Using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, the authors conduct a population-based assessment of masculinity beliefs and preventive health care, including whether these relationships vary by SES. The results show that men with strong masculinity beliefs are half as likely as men with more moderate masculinity beliefs to receive preventive care. Furthermore, in contrast to the well-established SES gradient in health, men with strong masculinity beliefs do not benefit from higher education and their probability of obtaining preventive health care decreases as their occupational status,wealth, and/or income increases. Masculinity may be a partial explanation for the paradox of men’s lower life expectancy, despite their higher SES.

Dancing With the Ordinary: Masculine Celebrity Performance on Australian TV

by Robert Payne

"Str8acting"

by Robert Payne

"Skylarking": Homosexual Panic and the Death of Private Kovco

by Robert Payne

Hegemonic masculinity and beyond: 40 years of research in Sweden

by Lucas Gottzén

Men & Masculinities, 2012 (with J. Hearn, M. Nordberg, K. Andersson, D. Balkmar, K. Pringle, R. Klinth & L. Sandberg)

This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and... more This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and how it has been used and developed. Sweden has a relatively long history of public debate, research, and policy intervention in gender issues and gender equality. This has meant, in sheer quantitative terms, a relatively sizeable corpus of work on men, masculinities, and gender relations. There is also a rather wide diversity of approaches, theoretically and empirically, to the analysis of men and masculinities. The Swedish national context and gender equality project is outlined. This is followed by discussion of three broad phases in studies on men and masculinities in Sweden: the 1960s and 1970s before the formulation of the concept of hegemonic masculinity; the 1980s and 1990s when the concept was important for a generation of researchers developing studies in more depth; and the 2000s with a younger generation committed to a variety of feminist and gender critiques other than those associated with hegemonic masculinity. The following sections focus specifically on how the concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used, adapted, and indeed not used, in particular areas of study: boys and young men in family and education; violence; and health. The article concludes with review of how hegemonic masculinity has been used in Swedish contexts, as: gender stereotype, often out of the context of legitimation of patriarchal relations; “Other” than dominant, white middle-class “Swedish,” equated with outmoded, nonmodern, working-class, failing boy, or minority ethnic masculinities; a new masculinity concept and practice, incorporating some degree of gender equality; and reconceptualized and problematized as a modern, heteronormative, and subject-centered concept.

Made Men and Constructed Masculinities: Viewing the Father-Son Relationship in The Sopranos

by Nicklas Hållén

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Cooking on Their Own: Cuisines of Manly Men

by Richard Wilk

Published as
Wilk, Richard and Persephone Hintlian 2005  “Cooking on Their Own: Cuisines of Manly Men.” Food and Foodways 13(1-2):  159-169.

This research note compares the food consumption of two different groups of working men, the Buccaneers of the... more This research note compares the food consumption of two different groups of working men, the Buccaneers of the Caribbean in the 17th century, and the miners of the 1849 gold rush in California. Both groups depended on similar
monotonous diets of preserved rations for their daily fare, and they had similar practices of binge drinking and luxury dining when opportunities arose. We speculate on ways that masculinity was constructed around particular kinds of
food consumption.

Auf den Spuren eines kannibalischen „Phallogozentrismus des Fleisches“ in Jorge Michel Graus 'Somos lo que hay' (Mexiko, 2010)

by Marco Heiter

veröffentlicht vom Herausgeber unter dem Titel:
Phallogozentrismus des Fleisches – Der karnivore Geschlechterdiskurs am Beispiel des Kannibalenfilms 'Somos lo que hay' (Mexiko, 2010) von Jorge Michel Graus [sic]

in: Denkbilder. Das Germanistikmagazin der Universität Zürich, Nr. 29 / Herbst 2011, S. 33-36.

Crónicas de la hombría. La construcción de la masculinidad en la conquista de América

by Fernanda Molina

'"I’m not allowed wrestling stuff": Hegemonic masculinity and primary school boys'

by Clare Bartholomaeus

(2012) Journal of Sociology. OnlineFirst

Hegemonic masculinity is Connell’s key concept in a hierarchical framework of masculinities which has had a... more Hegemonic masculinity is Connell’s key concept in a hierarchical framework of masculinities which has had a significant influence on thinking about gender. This article draws on Connell’s theories, previous research and my empirical research to argue that there are limitations to using the concept of hegemonic masculinity, and even hegemonic masculinities, when examining boys and masculinity. Boys are rarely mentioned in definitions and theoretical writing about hegemonic masculinity, yet much research examining primary school boys and masculinity uncritically draws on the concept. My research in Australia with 6- and 7-year-old children found that boys had limited access to hegemonic masculinity. As a possible explanation for its usage by researchers with primary school boys, I explore the potential usefulness of multiple and local hegemonic masculinities.

Hidden Fathers? The Significance of Fatherhood in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

by Laura King

Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue

by Nicholas Teich