WGST 2801 Lecture 4: WGST 2801 February 2

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Co(cid:374)(cid:374)ell, r. w. a(cid:374)d messersch(cid:373)idt, j. w. (cid:894)2006(cid:895). (cid:862)hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)ic masculi(cid:374)ity: rethi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g the. Hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)it(cid:455) so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)ep(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) --> social struggles btw subordinated influence dominant masculinities. {more specific treatment of embodiment in contexts of privilege & power + emphasis on dynamics of hegemonic masculinity + recognizing internal contradictions & possibilities of movement toward gender democracy} Field of study of social inequality in australia. Proposed: a model of multiple masculinities + power relations. Integrated into a systematic sociological theory of gender. Sources of concept: feminist theories of patriarchy + related debated over the role of men in transforming patriarchy. Problem: women of colour called out racial bias in conceptualizing power solely in terms of sex difference --> questioning universalizing claims about the category of men. G(cid:396)a(cid:373)s(cid:272)ia(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:863): u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the sta(cid:271)ilizatio(cid:374) of (cid:272)lass (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s. Dual systems theory: idea easily transferred to parallel problem on gender relations --> risk of misunderstanding. Misunderstanding --> hegemony reduced to a simple model of cultural control.

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