Engendering Gendered Knowledge Assessing the Academic Appropriation of Hegemonic Masculinity

The appropriation of concepts long established as salient contributions to gender theory and research recently has come under scholarly scrutiny. In this article, the author contributes to this dissection of crucial gender concepts by assessing the recent academic appropriation of the reformulated c...

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Published in:Men and masculinities Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 56 - 76
Main Author: Messerschmidt, James W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2012
Subjects:
Academic discipline
Cultivation practices
Cultural history
Feminism
Feminist theory
Gender studies
Geopolitics
Hegemony
Knowledge
Masculinity
Men's role
Sex
Theory Formation
engendering gendered knowledge
contestation
traits
regional
hegemonic masculinity
global
periphery
local
cultivation
ISSN:1097-184X, 1552-6828
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Summary:The appropriation of concepts long established as salient contributions to gender theory and research recently has come under scholarly scrutiny. In this article, the author contributes to this dissection of crucial gender concepts by assessing the recent academic appropriation of the reformulated concept of “hegemonic masculinity” and how this appropriation engenders gendered knowledge. The author first briefly revisits the concept of hegemonic masculinity as reformulated by Connell and Messerschmidt. Following this, the author examines selected studies to illustrate how hegemonic masculinity has been appropriated differently, how this dissimilarity is significant for the production of gendered knowledge, and how several new directions in the appropriations extend gendered knowledge on hegemonic masculinity. Finally, the author discusses the relevance of all his conclusions to the wider debates over the concept of hegemonic masculinity and posits how these conclusions arguably impact future feminist/gender research and theory construction.
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ISSN:1097-184X
1552-6828
DOI:10.1177/1097184X11428384