Masculinities

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ID18927047
AuthorsStanley Ilango Thangaraj (0000-0001-8193-1744, Stonehill College, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume3
Issue2
Pages254-262
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2643-7961 • E-ISSN: 2643-7961
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/fea2.12104
OpenAlexW4306412012
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited44

The study of masculinities is a recent growing field in Anthropology. Within this growing subfield, one must be careful to study masculinities within wide circuits of power. By examining masculinities instead of masculinity, I center the social context and multiplicities necessary to ethnographically chart masculinities without falling into the trap of just centering male bodies and only the social practices of men. Masculinities must be understood in relation to colonialism, postcolonialism, imperialism, racism, heterosexism, and heteronormativity. Black feminist theory, women of color feminism, Third World feminism, and queer of color critique provide important theoretical tools in ethnographic research to decipher power and can destabilize singular, hegemonic Western epistemologies about masculinity. Through such a theoretical engagement, I showcase the complexity, multiplicity, and contradictions in the performance of masculinities in the global South, in queer of color communities, in Indigenous communities, and across various institutions in social life

Feminism · Hegemony · Heteronormativity · Heterosexism · Homosexuality · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Queer · Racism · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Sex work and related issues

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