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Masculinities in Local Contexts (Paperback)
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Knowledge of the terms sex and gender has important political,
health and equity considerations. This book investigates a
macro-structural social theory of gender (Connell, 1995), which
proposes a relational and hierarchical conception of gender, and
explores it in local social contexts. As the theory of gender is
primarily concerned with differing configurations of masculinity,
most notably hegemonic masculinity (a dominative form of
masculinity), this book focuses on males and their relations with
one another in secondary schools and all-male elite-level sporting
teams. Specifically, this book overcomes a major theoretical
impasse by recognizing that the ideology of supremacy of a
dominative masculinity is necessarily interdependent with the
structural relations of power and culturally defined norms of
masculinity. Relations between masculinities are reframed into
specific social network hypotheses, and quantitatively examined
using statistical models for social networks. Hierarchies of
masculinities that are misogynist, homophobic and violent can
occur, though local context is particularly important and
alternative non-dominative masculinities are possible.
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Imprint: |
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
June 2008 |
First published: |
June 2008 |
Authors: |
Dean Lusher
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
324 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-03710-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
3-639-03710-3 |
Barcode: |
9783639037104 |
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