Abstract
This article reflects on how the authors in this Special Forum collectively advance the work in the subfield of critical masculinity studies. The several significant themes emerging in this collection of articles include: persistent state intervention in gender relations, the impact of longstanding patriarchal norms, the rapidly changing postwar gender equilibrium, and the continuing significance of war and martial masculinity. Furthermore, the Special Forum illuminates the importance of micro-histories and ego-documents to the study of masculinities in Central and East Europe. Finally, by framing agency as a relational process affected by a variety of constraints, these authors’ work marks a productive forward movement for the future study of critical masculinity studies more generally.
Highlights
This article reflects on how the authors in this Special Forum collectively advance the work in the subfield of critical masculinity studies
I was born in Libya in 1979 to Yugoslav parents and grew up in post-Tito Yugoslavia, during the twilight of that peculiar brand of South Slav socialism
The various materials used in this Special Forum—diaries, interviews, photographs, published memoirs, internal party documents about spousal abuse allegations, and others—allow us to go beyond an analysis of normative, officially sanctioned, and idealized masculinity
Summary
This article reflects on how the authors in this Special Forum collectively advance the work in the subfield of critical masculinity studies. Given the emphasis scholars (this author included) have already placed on official archival and published materials that make transparent the dynamism and constraints of state-sanctioned culture, it is refreshing to consider masculinity from the perspective of less frequently used sources.
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