Ruptures in hegemonic masculinity

The Dialectic Between Ideology and Utopia

Bibliographic Data

ID3650795
AuthorsThomas Johansson (0000-0003-1798-570X), Andreas Ottemo (0000-0001-6050-7020, University of Gothenburg)
Year2015
Volume24
Issue2
Pages192-206
Publication date2015-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2013.812514
OpenAlexW2005664446
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited29

In the 1990s, Raewyn Connell published her groundbreaking study on the transformation of masculinity. In Masculinities, the concept of hegemonic masculinity was put forward as a key concept in gender studies. Originally applied in Marxian studies to power and class, the concept of hegemony was now used to analyse a historically mobile and dynamic power structure and hierarchical relation between different groups of men and women. Although using the concept of hegemonic masculinity is considered a powerful way of approaching and analysing gender relations, the main question is whether this conceptual turn, in fact, leads to a more dynamic theory of masculinity and gender. The main objective of this article is to contribute to conceptual clarifications and to the theorizing on gender, hegemony and masculinity. The conceptual and theoretical exploration aims at opening up ways of redefining and reconceptualizing hegemonic masculinity. Using Ricoeur's and Laclau and Mouffe's theorizations of hegemony, the concept of hegemonic masculinity is expanded and reformulated. A short case study of contemporary Scandinavian fatherhood is used to discuss the empirical implications of this theoretical effort

Dialectic · Epistemology · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Ideology · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Utopia · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy

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