Introduction

Emergent Masculinities in the Pacific

Bibliographic Data

ID2174867
AuthorsAletta Biersack (corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume17
Issue3-4
Pages197-212
Publication date2016-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanberra Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14442213.2016.1186215
OpenAlexW2492671153
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited35

This special issue focuses on the plasticity and contingent nature of Pacific Island masculinities over the course of colonial and postcolonial histories. The several case histories concern the use of sports to recuperate but also refashion past masculinities in the name of contemporary masculine pride; the effects of market participation on younger males; how urbanisation and migration set the stage for experimenting with male gender and sexuality; the impacts of military and labour histories on local masculinities; masculinity and violence in war and gender violence yesterday and today; and structural violence and disruptions in male gender identity. The issue asks a key historical question: Do emergent masculinities signal a rupture or some continuity with past masculinities? The collection depicts contemporary Pacific Island societies as a space of gender invention and pluralism as indigenous gender regimes respond to the stimulations of transnational flows

Colonialism · Human sexuality · Indigenous · Masculinity · Political science · Pride · Sociology · Yesterday · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History

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