Taking a stand: using psychoanalysis to explore the positioning of subjects in discourse [PDF]
, 2003 This paper is concerned with thinking through the cultural construction of personal identities whilst avoiding the classical social–individual division.
Frosh, Stephen, Pattman, R., Phoenix, A.
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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2. “I am Satyabhama”: Constructing Hegemonic Brahmin Masculinity in the Kuchipudi Village [PDF]
, 2019 openalex +2 more sources
Psychology in Society, 2009 This study looks at the way 25 coloured, Afrikaans speaking boys, awaiting trial for various crimes, position themselves in relation to forms of hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity refers to popular ideologies of ideal and actual characteristics
Adam Cooper
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The Image of Incriminated Masculinity in Crime Narratives - A Hegemonic Approach
Horyzonty WychowaniaRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to characterize the portrayal of incriminated masculinity in crime narratives. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: Three narrative tendencies creating the image of masculinity were identified through a ...
Olga Pankalla
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International Journal of Communication, 2021 This article introduces an innovative definition and a method of enquiry for “menvertising” audiovisual commercials. Inspired in prior “femvertising” campaigns, it explores recent campaigns that question stereotypes and portrayals of men traditionally ...
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The Collateral Consequences of Masculinizing Violence [PDF]
, 2010 Before an enraged gunman fired thirty-six deadly shots into an exercise class filled with women, on August 4, 2009, in Pennsylvania, he blogged that his killing spree was the result of his failure to meet society’s expectations of him as a man.
Abrams, Jamie R.
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
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Den nya kvinnan behöver den nye mannen. Konstruktion av manliga identiteter i "Fru Marianne" av Victoria Benedictsson och "Dotter till en dotter" av Inger Alfvén [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this paper is to problematize and compare the construction of masculine identity in two Swedish novels, FruMarianne (1887) by Victoria Benedictsson and Dotter till en dotter (1977) by Inger Alfvén.
Szymoniak, Katarzyna
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“I'm a Good Guy Who Deserves Better, Yet Nobody Wants to Give me Better”: The Accounts of Nice Guys
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Within Western popular culture and online discourse, a “Nice Guy” is someone who enacts niceness for which they believe they are owed, deserving of, or entitled to something in return—especially the romantic or sexual attention of women. In this study, we examine the use of accounts in personal narratives told in an anonymous online discussion forum ...
Brooke Weinmann, Dennis D. Waskul
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