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New Feminist Studies in Audiovisual Industries | “Menvertising” and the Resistances to New Masculinities in Audiovisual Representations

open access: yesInternational 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 ...
Maria J. Pando-Canteli   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Colonialism and Malay masculinity: Malay satire as observed in the novel Kawin-Kawin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article evaluates the novel Kawin-Kawin as a satire, and as a mode for forming social criticism on Malay society. An assessment of such a genre must consider the target audience and the Islamic cultural context of the novel.
Noritah Omar,
core  

From Rare to Common: The Live Streaming Industry of Jadeite Trade in Ruili in the China–Myanmar Borderlands

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the early years of the 21st century, the city of Ruili has grown to be a major trade hub for Burmese jadeite on the China–Myanmar border. Starting from 2016 to 2017, Ruili's jadeite trade shifted heavily to online live streaming transactions through media platforms like Douyin, RedNote/Xiaohongshu, and Taobao/Tmall.
Yi Ma
wiley   +1 more source

The Reification of Hegemonic Masculinity via Heteronormativity, Sexual Objectification, and Masculine Performances in Tau Kappa Epsilon Recruitment Videos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Fraternity members constitute a large percentage of men who hold highly influential jobs in politics, large corporations, and the like. Since fraternities are limited to men-only, it is important to examine how masculinity is both rhetorically ...
Tomanov, Viki
core   +1 more source

Colin Mochrie vs. Jesus H. Christ: Messages About Masculinities and Fame in Online Video Conversations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
With the availability of relatively easy-to-use tools for online video creation and distribution, people are increasingly producing videos not just for artistic expression, but also as a form of communication. This article examines two types of online
Kendall, Lori
core   +1 more source

Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

open access: yesSymbolic 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
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiations of minority ethnic rugby league players in the Cathar country of France [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article is based on new empirical, qualitative research with minority ethnic rugby league players in the southwest of France. Drawing on similar research on rugby league in the north and the south of England, the article examines how rugby league ...
Anderson, B.   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults

open access: yesSymbolic 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
wiley   +1 more source

Construing Caste, Masculinity, and Intellect in Manu Joseph’s Serious Men

open access: yesIlha do Desterro
Intellect is an overlooked aspect in scrutinizing the effects of hegemonic masculinity in critical studies on men and masculinities. In postcolonial, liberalized, and post-modern India, it interacts with overlapping identities, primarily gender, to ...
Savyasachi K G, Shyamkiran Kaur
doaj   +1 more source

Disability and masculinity in South African autosomatography

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2014
This article examines the representation of disability by disabled black South African men as portrayed in two texts from the autosomatography genre, which encompasses first-person narratives of illness and disability.
Ken J. Lipenga
doaj   +1 more source

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