I Could Be the Last Man: Changing Masculinities in Enga Society

Gibbs, Philip

doi:10.1080/14442213.2016.1179783

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“…The "big man" in contemporary PNG society represents those men who are able to engender social recognition, power, and respect through assertive public performance (Eves 2016). This may include, for example, a man's ability to secure the prosperity and well-being of his clan group through providing pigs and other resources at funeral feasts and cash for bride-wealth payments in New Ireland (Eves 2016) and Enga Province (Gibbs 2016), or the number of wives he has in Eastern and Western Highlands Provinces (Mek et al 2018) and Madang Province (Zimmer-Tamakoshi 2016). Through this public performance and the subsequent social acknowledgment by others, men come to be engendered as leaders.…”

Section: Contemporary Masculinities In Papua New Guineamentioning

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“…Scholars are beginning to focus their attention on diverse and emerging masculinities in PNG. This includes the shifting nature of masculinity in the context of land settlement programs in West New Britain Province (Koczberski and Curry 2016), mining for natural resources in Enga Province (Gibbs 2016), Hela Province (Mek 2017) and Madang Province (Zimmer-Tamakoshi 2016) and the marketplace in Goroka (Barnett-Naghshineh 2019). Of particular relevance to our research is the work of Eves (2016) on caring, equitable, and non-violent masculinities that resist hegemonic masculine ideals.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea

Mitchell¹,

Kelly‐Hanku

Mek

et al. 2019

Men and Masculinities

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Globally, there is limited research exploring the positive role men play in reducing HIV vulnerability or in the care and support of women living with HIV. This paper draws on interviews conducted with men and women in heterosexual HIV serodiscordant relationships as part of a longitudinal qualitative study exploring the social aspects of biomedicine among serodiscordant couples in two high HIV-burden areas in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Findings highlight that some HIV negative men in heterosexual relationships are resisting hegemonic masculine norms they see as harmful and are embracing caring masculine identities as they seek to support their HIV-positive wives. We suggest that understandings of masculinity in the context of the HIV epidemic in PNG should be broadened from simplistic discourses and representations of men as largely uncaring and violent to incorporate deeper understanding of how men can and are embracing caring masculinities.

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Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea

Mitchell¹,

Kelly‐Hanku

Mek

et al. 2019

Men and Masculinities

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“…Corresponding to Connell's advocacy, my literature review suggests that a dichotomous framework between tradition and modernity has been mirrored in some researchers' studies of masculinities in PNG and the People's Republic of China (PRC). Many researchers state that the impact of Westerners on indigenous masculinities in PNG has resulted in the marginalization or alienation of traditional masculinities (Eves 2008; Gibbs 2016; Koczberski and Curry 2016; Kuo 2020; Lipset 2017; Zimmer‐Tamakoshi 2016). Some researchers, on the other hand, see the reconfiguration of indigenous masculinities as indicative of indigenous cultures' ability to incorporate Western influences (Bainton 2008; Kempf 2002).…”

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Kamapim gutpela man: Papua New Guinean and Chinese refinery workers' changing understandings of becoming a good man

Kuo

2023

Oceania

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This article adds to research on emerging masculinities in the Pacific by analysing how Papua New Guinean and Chinese male employees' intercultural work experiences impact their perceptions of becoming a good man. The idea of a good man acts as a benchmark for assessing the adaptability of Papua New Guinean employees to new work environments and determining if Chinese colleagues are their desired partners. I illustrate this point by first considering ‘becoming’ as an alternate framework to the binary framework reflected in earlier research. I next describe how Papua New Guinean workers impress their Chinese supervisors through negotiations and concessions about industrial and subsistence farming time, as well as how working with Papua New Guinean workers alters Chinese employees' perceptions of work. Finally, I demonstrate how employment practices foster Papua New Guinean workers' evolving perspectives on becoming a gutpela man (‘good man’) and Chinese employees' evolving perspectives on becoming a good person, a vital route to becoming a chenggong man (‘successful man’). This article proposes characterizing emerging masculinities as hybrid identities that are context‐dependent, interculturally exchanged and temporal by presenting two parties' new thoughts on becoming a good man. This article demonstrates modulatory power dynamics in the Chinese refinery based on a two‐way narrative as opposed to portraying Chinese management as the dominating force.

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“…Across the country, younger generations, in particular, increasingly began to seek choice in partners based on attraction, desire and love. In the 1980s and 1990s, Wiessner referred to a 'sexual revolution' among the Enga (Gibbs, 2016): young people, rather than their parents or clan elders, began choosing their intimate partners. This trend was also identified in urban centres in the 1990s (Zimmer-Tamakoshi, 1995, pp.…”

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Online dating profiles, shifting intimacies and the language of love in Papua New Guinea

Dundon

2021

Australian J of Anthropology

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I Could Be the Last Man: Changing Masculinities in Enga Society

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea

Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea

Kamapim gutpela man: Papua New Guinean and Chinese refinery workers' changing understandings of becoming a good man

Online dating profiles, shifting intimacies and the language of love in Papua New Guinea

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