The Beer Talking

Four Lads, a Carry Out and the Reproduction of Masculinities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3369283
AutoresBrendan Gough (0000-0001-7438-0139, Sheffield Hallam University), Gareth Edwards (0000-0002-9770-6864, Sheffield Hallam University)
Ano1998
Volume46
Fascículo3
Páginas409-435
Data de publicação1998-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-954x.00125
OpenAlexW2040243036
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas73
Referências citadas20

Discourse analytic research on masculinity has produced some interesting and insightful understandings of male-bonding talk and/or talk around alcohol-related activities. These and other contributions have helped demonstrate the dependence of 'hegemonic' masculinities on the discursive subordination of the 'other', notably women and gay men. The present study builds on such work by examining the reproduction of masculinities in the context of a group of four young men interacting under the influence of alcohol. The talk was recorded with the permission of the four participants (one of whom is a co-author - GE) and subsequently subjected to discourse analysis. Particular attention is paid to definitions of (male) self and others - women, gay men and men from ethnically different backgrounds - which are negotiated during the interaction. The analysis is discussed in the light of current debates on the discursive reproduction of masculinities

Context (archaeology) · Discourse analysis · Geography · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Linguistics · Masculinity · Political science · Reproduction · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology