Masculinity Research Articles

Book Review: Performing Masculinity: Body, Self and Identity in Modern Fiji by Geir Henning Presterudstuen

Book Review: <i>Performing Masculinity: Body, Self and Identity in Modern Fiji</i> by Geir Henning Presterudstuen

Detached Lyricism and Universal Rootedness: A Critical Introduction to the Poetry of Pat Boran

Pat Boran is one of the most versatile, polyvalent and innovative voices in contemporary Irish poetry. In spite of his prolific career as a poet, editor, and fiction writer, and the positive reviews his work has received over the years (i.e. Smith 2007; Linke 2009; Dempsey 2011; Cornejo 2016; Kehoe 2018), Boran has received very little critical attention in Irish Studies. This critical introduction intends to cover this gap in academia, by offering a more detailed critical appraisal of a poetic voice largely underrated within Irish literary criticism, as O’Driscoll (2007, xiv-xv) laments in his introduction to his Selected Poems. In particular, I will offer a brief critical overview of Boran’s six collections of poetry, and I will concentrate on several aspects which seem to distinguish him as a writer: his sense of “detached lyricism” (that is to say, his intensive biographical but at the same time impersonal style); the importance that local rootedness exerts in his work; and his idiosyncratic way of handling themes such as masculinity.

&lt;i&gt;Men in Women’s Worlds: Constructions of Masculinity in Women’s Magazines&lt;/i&gt; by Laura Coffey-Glover

Men in Women’s Worlds: Constructions of Masculinity in Women’s Magazines Laura Coffey-Glover (2019) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 272pp.

Laura Coffey-Glover, Men in women’s world. Constructions of Masculinity in Women’s Magazines

Ce livre offre une analyse originale de la maniere dont les magazines dits feminins parlent des hommes et les « vendent » en quelque sorte aux femmes. Il s’agit bien d’une perspective originale, car la majorite des analyses des contenus des magazines feminins se polarisent sur la maniere dont sont presentees, voire inculquees aux femmes les normes de la feminite, comment les femmes sont en quelque sorte « vendues » aux femmes comme le dit l’auteure. Meme si la motivation essentielle a se cons...

Kingship, sexuality and courtly masculinity: Frederick the Great and Prussia on the cusp of modernity

Kingship, sexuality and courtly masculinity: Frederick the Great and Prussia on the cusp of modernity

Femininity, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Morocco and Hollywood, written by Glacier, Osire

Femininity, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Morocco and Hollywood, written by Glacier, Osire

Angus McLaren. Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London.

A<scp>ngus</scp> M<scp>c</scp>L<scp>aren</scp>. <i>Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London</i>.

On the meaning of masculinities and its implication to advancing men’s health.

On the meaning of masculinities and its implication to advancing men’s health.

PREVALENCE AND CAUSES OF GENDER IMBALANCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

The study set out to ascertain the prevalence of gender imbalance in science education in universities in Anambra State. It adopted a descriptive survey. The population is made up of 700 male and 350 female students of science education from Universities in the study area. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 100 male and 100 female students. Thus, 200 respondents participated in the study. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a researcher developed questionnaire titled “Prevalence of Gender Imbalance in Science Education (PGISE)”. The validity of the instrument was established by three experts: one in Measurement and Evaluation and the two experts in Science education, both in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State. The instrument was trial tested and data obtained was used to determine the internal consistency reliability using Cronbach Alpha statistical method. A reliability index of 0.79 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the null hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance using t-test statistics. The findings revealed the causes of gender imbalance in science education in universities in Anambra State to include among others rigid sex-role stereotyping in science education curricular; masculine image of science education; cultural practices and scientific illiteracy among women. It also revealed among others that sex-role stereotyping in science curricula reduces female interest in leadership roles in science career and that rigid sex-role stereotyping reduces female participation in science curricular activities. It was recommended based on the findings that teachers should make their classrooms gender sensitive so as to reduce the prevalence of sex-role stereotyping in Nigerian universities. Article visualizations:

Neighbourhood Effects on Jihadist Radicalisation in Germany? Some Case-Based Remarks

About twenty young people travelled from a small German former mining settlement named Dinslaken-Lohberg to become fighters with al-Nusra and ISIS. They drew particular attention, with media reports about “members” of what they termed the “Lohberg Brigade” killed in the fighting, or in air strikes by the anti-ISIS coalition, or in spectacular suicide attacks claiming many victims. Drawing on that case, the article explores how neighborhood can effect the emergence and persistence of radicalisation to jihadi neo-Salafism. The author presents a series of local elements that interfere with one another to strengthen each other’s persistence and effects and thus promote the emergence and persistence of the radicalisation phenomenon at hand. The interference of elements is not an automatic but a social process, enacted by neighbors telling stories of conspiracy, of discrimination and recounting experiences of spirituality, heroism, masculinity, and femaleness. It is performed by neighbors setting, crossing and avoiding symbolic boundaries. And finally it is played by neighbors simply following their routines. The author shows how explaining space-related radicalisation processes means more than adding up spatial factors. His approach rejects the idea of isolating a single social fact – such as local structures, events, processes or social actors that existed, occurred or acted prior to the emergence of radicals in their neighbourhood – as definite cause for radicalisation.

Moral Matters: Schizophrenia and Masculinity in Mexico

Moral Matters: Schizophrenia and Masculinity in Mexico

Review: A History of Boxing in Mexico: Masculinity, Modernity, and Nationalism, by Stephen D. Allen

Review: <i>A History of Boxing in Mexico: Masculinity, Modernity, and Nationalism</i>, by Stephen D. Allen

Peter Kerry Powers. Goodbye Christ? Christianity, Masculinity, and the New Negro Renaissance.

P<scp>eter</scp> K<scp>erry</scp> P<scp>owers</scp>. <i>Goodbye Christ? Christianity, Masculinity, and the New Negro Renaissance</i>.

A Profoundly Masculine Act: Mass Shootings, Violence Against Women, and the Amendment That Could Forge a Path Forward

A Profoundly Masculine Act: Mass Shootings, Violence Against Women, and the Amendment That Could Forge a Path Forward

Masculinities and the Media: An Interview with Activist Jackson Katz

Abstract: In this interview, Dr. Jackson Katz reflects on his career and how he has become one of the most prominent activists, speakers, and writers about media's place in defining boyhood, manhood, and masculinities. In addition to telling the story of his career going back to the 1980s and 1990s, Katz provides insights on many important topics: constructions of masculinity; the relationship between media, advertising, and violence; media's role in socializing boys into men; empathy; the need for men to stand up and prevent violence and sexism when they see it; his Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program; Gillette's "We Believe" ad campaign; the Super Bowl; recommended readings on masculinities; and advice on how people can make lasting change every day among their spheres of influence. Throughout the interview, Katz calls for more media literacy and a society that expands its narrow understandings of gender and other identity formations. He encourages empathy, equality, and inclusivity for all, which must come from a change in society and culture through better advertising and media representations as well as important conversations that should be had among family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and members of the general public.

"Thin, Wistful, and White": James Fugate and Colonial Bureaucratic Masculinity in the Philippines, 1900–1938

"Thin, Wistful, and White": James Fugate and Colonial Bureaucratic Masculinity in the Philippines, 1900–1938

Monstrous Youth: Murder, Madness, and Masculinity in Fin-de-Siècle France

Monstrous Youth: Murder, Madness, and Masculinity in Fin-de-Siècle France

Roundtable on Masculinities and Advertising, Part I

Abstract: In the last few years, masculinity has become an especially important topic among scholars and advertisers. To contribute to this conversation, Advertising &amp; Society Quarterly assembled a group of leading advertising practitioners, scholars, and activists in Boston for a roundtable on masculinities and advertising. Part I of the Roundtable on Masculinities and Advertising covers the following topics: Gillette's recent "We Believe" ad campaign; advertising's role in linking gender to sports and consumer products; fathers in advertising; the rugged, individualistic Marlboro Man; superheroes; the cultural meaning of shaving; the relationship between advertising and culture; and the phrase "boys will be boys."

A Sadistic Black Masculinity and the Search for Its Alternative in Alice Walker’s The Third Life of Grange Copeland

A Sadistic Black Masculinity and the Search for Its Alternative in Alice Walker’s The Third Life of Grange Copeland

Review of Liberating Masculinities

Review of Liberating Masculinities