TY - JOUR
T1 - Reviewing Hegemonic Masculinities and Men in Sweden and South Africa
AU - Hearn, Jeff
AU - Morrell, Robert
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - The concept of 'hegemonic masculinity' continues to be used widely in gendered studies of men and masculinities, though this does not signify consensus on its meaning and conceptual value. In this article we introduce some different ways in which the concept has been used theoretically, and compare two different political and conceptual locations in which it has been employed, namely South Africa and Sweden. This arises from a collaborative project between teams of researchers based in these two countries. The goal of this project is to review critically and reflexively the use of the concept and associated concepts in the gendered, largely feminist and profeminist, national literatures in the two countries. While both countries have strong feminist traditions, they are distinguished by marked differences in history, geopolitical location and socio-economic structure. This in turn raises more general questions around the relation of the traveling of theory and concepts, and national and transnational context.
AB - The concept of 'hegemonic masculinity' continues to be used widely in gendered studies of men and masculinities, though this does not signify consensus on its meaning and conceptual value. In this article we introduce some different ways in which the concept has been used theoretically, and compare two different political and conceptual locations in which it has been employed, namely South Africa and Sweden. This arises from a collaborative project between teams of researchers based in these two countries. The goal of this project is to review critically and reflexively the use of the concept and associated concepts in the gendered, largely feminist and profeminist, national literatures in the two countries. While both countries have strong feminist traditions, they are distinguished by marked differences in history, geopolitical location and socio-economic structure. This in turn raises more general questions around the relation of the traveling of theory and concepts, and national and transnational context.
KW - hegemonic masculinity
KW - masculinity
KW - men
KW - South Africa
KW - Sweden
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859847410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1097184X11432111
DO - 10.1177/1097184X11432111
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84859847410
VL - 15
SP - 3
EP - 10
JO - Men and Masculinities
JF - Men and Masculinities
SN - 1097-184X
IS - 1
ER -