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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Masculinity studies"”.
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Masculine Domesticity in the Mining West: An Archaeological Investigation at Coloma Ghost Town
… with women in historical and archaeological studies, and it became necessary to integrate literature from masculinity studies in order to put the artifacts from Feature 131 into a full context. Although results from the archaeological data in this case were inconclusive, the compilation of …
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Masculine Domesticity in the Mining West: An Archaeological Investigation at Coloma Ghost Town
… with women in historical and archaeological studies, and it became necessary to integrate literature from masculinity studies in order to put the artifacts from Feature 131 into a full context. Although results from the archaeological data in this case were inconclusive, the compilation of …
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Soft Masculinity and Its Discontents in Contemporary China
… is striking. Proper ways to exhibit an ideal masculinity have always been a central topic of discussion and debate in China since ancient times. Therefore, instead of using several keywords such as modernisation, consumerism and globalisation to oversimplify the trend or simply applying …
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El Shabab Bayn Naran - The Men Are Between Two Fires: A Study on How a Denial of Civil Rights Affects Palestinian Men’s Performance of Masculinity in Lebanon
… Lebanon affects how Palestinian men can perform masculinity with dignity and security. In a context where Palestinians remain stateless and excluded from employment and citizenship, men confront structural barriers that shape their daily lives and gendered expectations. Drawing on two months of …
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Black and White on Black: Whiteness and Masculinity in the Works of Three Australian Writers - Thomas Keneally, Colin Thiele, and Patrick White.
… captivity by the Aborigines. I use whiteness and masculinity studies as theoretical frameworks in my analysis of these depictions. As invisibility and ordinariness are endemic to white and masculine actions, interrogating these ideological constructions aids in facilitating a better awareness of …
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Black male partial (in)visibility syndrome: a qualitative study of the narratives of Black masculine identities at the Pebbles School
… as males. Examining the relationship between masculinity and education, my study is situated at the intersection of education policy, gender and ethnic studies, and draws on work in Black Masculinity Studies for analyzing narratives and messages of participants. I found that these Black males …
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Hang 'em High: Humor, Politics, and Gender in Esther
… book of Esther through the analytical lens of masculinity studies, as laid out by Raewyn Connell in Masculinities. Through this examination, I find that the author of Esther uses humor as one of many tools to negotiate a Jewish masculinity that opposes Persian masculinity, challenging the …
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Re-Examining the Female Voice in Chaucer's Italian-Sourced Works: A Study in Paleography, Textual Transmission, and Masculinity
… the restrictive and traditional realm of women's studies and contextualize these alterations on a grander scale of textual and paleographical studies and masculinity studies. Not only does this project compare and examine the changes that Chaucer made to the female voice as well as the …
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“A Real Man . . .”: Deconstructing Machismo Heteronormative Standards with K–12 Latino Male Educators through Dialogic Spaces
… as they navigate expectations of hegemonic masculinity and machismo norms that dictate their roles as disciplinarians and saviors, especially for young boys of color (Brockenbrough, 2018; Lara & Fránquiz, 2015; Martino & Kehler, 2006; Mills et al., 2004; Singh, 2021). Unfortunately, Latino …
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WOMEN WRITERS AND THE GENEALOGY OF THE GENTLEMAN: MASCULINITY, AUTHORITY, AND MALE CHARACTERS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH NOVELS BY WOMEN
… assuming women had no real means of influencing masculinity. Genealogy of the Gentleman addresses this critical blind spot by focusing on one of the most iconic archetypes of masculinity: the gentleman. I argue that women writers used their novels to define and popularize the gentleman as the …
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Repositioning Queer Modernism: Men’s Fashion Photography and the Production of New Gay Subjectivities
… when combined with class-based conceptions of masculinity, further express social identity and its performance as a commodity. The thesis focuses on several process-driven ethical issues associated to the creative production of photographic artwork in the context of cultural institutions such …
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Redefining the roles and relationships of men in their families and communities during Covid-19: a time of crisis in Ocean View, Cape Town
… pandemic. Drawing on the concept of hegemonic masculinity and its intersection with other forms of masculinities, this research investigates how a time of crisis reshaped traditional gender norms and expectations. The research is embedded in the social construction of masculinity studies. The …
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Performed and Perceived Masculinity in Father-Son Relationships from the Perspective of Sons: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
… and the perceptions and performances of masculinity within that relationship from the perspective of sons. Through the utilization of symbolic interactionism and narrative as theoretical and conceptual frameworks narratives were collected as a means to make sense of participants' …
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Women writing men : female Victorian authors and their representations of masculinity
… Ewing, Edith Nesbit) and the representations of masculinity in their novels. By taking a masculinity studies approach, this dissertation finds that these novels, in an attempt to gain authority and legitimacy in the male-dominated social sphere, often promoted middle-class masculine gender …
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Male Subjectivity and Twenty-First Century German Cinema: Gender, National Idenity, and the Problem of Normalization
… analysis of the ways in which constructions of masculinity and national identity intersect in contemporary German cinema. The fundamental premise behind it is that masculinity, or rather male subjectivity, functions as the nodal point for negotiating national identity. Thus the thesis argues …
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A Critical Analysis of Gender-based Violence Training Sessions for University Men’s Team Sport
… on theoretical perspectives rooted in feminist masculinity studies of sport. To explore participant experiences and perceptions, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four university men’s team sport athletes and two coaches. The analysis of the interviews focused on understanding …
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On a Quest for Manhood: Re-Imagining Medieval Masculinities and Male Maturation in Contemporary Arthurian Adaptations for Adolescents
… concerned with gender identity and ideals, masculinity in particular. These concerns have also been palpable in literature produced for the young. In this dissertation I offer close readings of contemporary Arthurian young adult (YA) novels that move beyond the traditional Arthurian material …
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From #MenAreTrash to #MensConference: Networked masculinities in South African Twitter
… Twitter through the analysis of two recent case studies. The first case study looks at the hashtag #MensConference, a fictional conference organised by men in opposition to Valentine's Day. The second focuses on the #MenAreTrash movement, a digital feminist campaign against gender-based violence, …
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Dangerous men: the crisis of masculinity in Romantic women's fiction
… hero, contributing to larger discussions of masculinity, women’s writing, and feminist literary studies in the Romantic period. I address a gap in Romantic-era scholarship by interrogating how proto-Byronic and Austenian heroes reflect societal and authorial attitudes toward men and often …
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Distorted bodies: gender, sexuality and performativity in twentieth-century Italian fantasy literature
… expression. Simultaneously, all fields of gender studies contend that gender and sexuality are largely directed by social prompts proffering hegemonic ideals, including those exemplified through literary representations. This thesis investigates models of gender and sexuality articulated through …
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