Of boys and men: masculinity and gender in Southern African studies

Morrell, Robert

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“…One such meaningful action is violence’ [6, p. 141]. South Africa provides a particularly instructive example for studying the relationship between violence and masculinity owing to the colonial and postcolonial history of masculinity in the country [3,7] as well as alarmingly high rates of men’s violence [4,8–10]. …”

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What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Helman

Ratele

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: In light of the global health burden of violence, which is predominantly perpetrated by men, studies have explored the relationship between masculinities and violence. However, there is a relative lack of work focusing on non-hegemonic men and masculinities in relation to violence. Such work has the potential to advance violence prevention work. Objective: This article aims to show the shifting relationship between constructions of violent and non-violent masculinity in the talk of a genderqueer man. The article also aims to demonstrate how qualitative approaches are able to reveal the complexity and contradiction in accounts of masculine identities as these are negotiated within the context of the research interview. Methods: The article is based on a case study of Adam, a middle-class, ‘white’, ‘genderqueer’ man who participated in a larger study which explored the ways in which gender is constructed within 18 South African families. Adam’s interview is analysed using a Foucauldian discourse analysis. Results: The analysis demonstrates the complex and contradictory process involved in negotiating and resisting a violent version of masculinity. Constructing male violence as rooted in particular psychosocial and cultural assumptions, rather than as an automatic biological response, enables Adam to resist this violence. This deconstruction of violent masculinity is linked to Adam’s ‘genderqueer’ identity or ‘in-betweenness’, which facilitates a critical consciousness in relation to notions of gender. The analysis also demonstrates how notions of masculinity are deliberated and co-constructed within the relational context of the interview. Conclusions: This article shows that resisting and reformulating masculinity in non-violent ways is a complex process. This suggests that violence prevention efforts need to focus on the creation of spaces for ongoing dialogues about non-violence. As demonstrated by the context of the interview, relational, conversational spaces have the potential to facilitate the co-construction of non-violent masculinities.

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What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Helman

Ratele

2018

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“…Shefer and Mankayi (2007) These participants drew their constructions of masculinity from marginalised discourses, just as the literature shows that "housebound" men signify a subordinate masculinity in modern cultures (Murnen, Wright & Kaluzy 2002). The marginalised view of not seeking many partners acknowledges the multiplicity of masculinities, in this instance facilitated by a local religious context (Cheng 1999;Connell 2002;Hearn 1996;Morrell 1998;Wetherell & Edley 1999). Both Johan and Gerhard highlighted that alcohol consumption symbolises manhood for some men.…”

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Race and Masculinities in the South African Military

Mankayi¹

2011

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Generally, the military and masculinity are confirmed as harmonious and mutual. For many countries, military service assumes the status of initiation into manhood. In South Africa, for example, in the past, young white men were legally obliged to do military service. This emphasises the importance of focusing on white masculinities within the South African military in this article. Strong parallels with 10 African 2 male soldiers who also underscored hegemonic masculinity are drawn.

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“…Two semiperipheral regions-Scandinavia and Australasia-have been fertile in ideas and research on masculinity (Holter and Aarseth 1993, Donaldson and Tomsen 1998, Law et ale 1999.Research on men and patriarchy is building up in South Africa, following the end of Apartheid (Morrell 1998).Critiques of traditional patterns of masculinity have developed in japan (Nakamura 1994), where a men's centre with a reform agenda has recently been established. Issues about men, sexuality and fatherhood have been debated and researched in Brazil (Arilha et'al.…”

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Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New International Research on Masculinities

Connell¹

2001

Social Thought and Research

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Of boys and men: masculinity and gender in Southern African studies

Cited by 307 publications

References 28 publications

What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Race and Masculinities in the South African Military

Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New International Research on Masculinities

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