SOC219H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter HER: Hegemonic Masculinity
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Gender, place & culture 8(1): 55 - 71. To more completely understand the relationship between the state and gender requires an analysis of how these internal dynamics reproduce and perhaps disrupt existing gender patterns. Thus, the state is not simply a faceless institution, but a set of often-gendered practices. To analyze the state in this way forces us to consider not just patriarchy but also masculinism. Herbert distinguishes between analyzing the state in terms of external relations and internal dynamics. How do police officers use guns to draw herbert into masculinism (pg. Why does the anti-gang unit enjoy considerable prestige (pg. The spaces of patrol are thus de ned primarily in terms of their level of danger. Most notable are those locations labeled as anti-police", areas where some residents are overtly hostile to of cers. By contrast, quiet, pro-police" areas are deprecated and avoided by those who seek action.
