Hegemonic Masculinity and Beyond 40 Years of Research in Sweden

This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and how it has been used and developed. Sweden has a relatively long history of public debate, research, and policy intervention in gender issues and gender equality. This has meant, in s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Men and masculinities Jg. 15; H. 1; S. 31 - 55
Hauptverfasser: Hearn, Jeff, Nordberg, Marie, Andersson, Kjerstin, Balkmar, Dag, Gottzén, Lucas, Klinth, Roger, Pringle, Keith, Sandberg, Linn
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2012
Schlagworte:
Academic discipline
Boys
Children
Cultural history
Cultural Pluralism
Family Violence
Gender differentiation
Gender Studies
Genus
Genusvetenskap
Health
Health Education
Hegemonic masculinity
Hegemony
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
Males
Masculinities
Masculinity
Men
Men's health
Men's role
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Schooling
Sex
Sexual Inequality
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Social stratification
Sociologi
Sociology
Sweden
TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN
Violence
Sweden
children
men
hegemonic masculinity
boys
health
schooling
masculinities
violence
ISSN:1097-184X, 1552-6828, 1552-6828
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Zusammenfassung:This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and how it has been used and developed. Sweden has a relatively long history of public debate, research, and policy intervention in gender issues and gender equality. This has meant, in sheer quantitative terms, a relatively sizeable corpus of work on men, masculinities, and gender relations. There is also a rather wide diversity of approaches, theoretically and empirically, to the analysis of men and masculinities. The Swedish national context and gender equality project is outlined. This is followed by discussion of three broad phases in studies on men and masculinities in Sweden: the 1960s and 1970s before the formulation of the concept of hegemonic masculinity; the 1980s and 1990s when the concept was important for a generation of researchers developing studies in more depth; and the 2000s with a younger generation committed to a variety of feminist and gender critiques other than those associated with hegemonic masculinity. The following sections focus specifically on how the concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used, adapted, and indeed not used, in particular areas of study: boys and young men in family and education; violence; and health. The article concludes with review of how hegemonic masculinity has been used in Swedish contexts, as: gender stereotype, often out of the context of legitimation of patriarchal relations; “Other” than dominant, white middle-class “Swedish,” equated with outmoded, nonmodern, working-class, failing boy, or minority ethnic masculinities; a new masculinity concept and practice, incorporating some degree of gender equality; and reconceptualized and problematized as a modern, heteronormative, and subject-centered concept.
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ISSN:1097-184X
1552-6828
1552-6828
DOI:10.1177/1097184X11432113