Transitioning to a New Manhood: Subcultures as Sites of Inclusive Masculinity

Haenfler, Ross

doi:10.1057/9781137377234_10

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“…Haenfler’s (2015) recent review of masculinity in youth culture notes: “Both youth and masculinity studies have at times inadvertently produced a caricature of misogynist and alienated young men that fails to capture the increasingly complicated masculinities of the 21st century. Where are the spaces in which men, especially young men, stretch the confines of patriarchal masculinity?” (127).…”

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White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene

Murray

2020

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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The hipster scene in Detroit, Michigan, is explored via participant observation and in-depth interviews. Participants used hipster norms as a resource for masculinity dilemmas, including a lack of white- or blue-collar jobs and stable female partners. The analysis examines how these men successfully enacted their progressive values in some arenas (read: gender) but not in others (race relations). More specifically, their emphasis on the creative class, the bicycle as an attainable status symbol, and “bro-mances” served as masculinity balms. These strategies are examples of how homophobia and violence are not always the response to “threatened” masculinity. At the same time, participants enacted a definition of community and specific spatial practices that resulted in a subculture with a white majority within a city with a black majority. This work demonstrates how ethnography is a powerful tool for studying the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in subcultures.

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White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene

Murray

2020

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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“…While much of the work done in the name of Brony research does encompass masculinity studies, there is little discussion of how the fandom may speak to current theories in the field. Haenfler (2015) claims the fandom follows other contemporary understandings of gender construction like inclusive masculinity in subcultural spaces where renegotiation of gender roles takes place. Anderson (2005) gives it the inclusive designation on the grounds that it welcomes differing forms of gender without implementing marginalizing tactics toward certain behaviors.…”

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“…Ross Haenfler (2015) suggests inclusive masculinity “co-occurs” with hegemonic masculinity as the conceptions interact with each other through performances which establish masculine identity in various localized forms (p. 135). As mentioned earlier regarding hybrid forms, hegemonic masculinity allows for concessions and compromise when contextual issues concerning male gender norms are taken into account, but inclusive masculinity does not seek the same justifications when incongruences with traditional masculinity materialize.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, inclusive masculinity allows young men to engage in feminine spaces or portray feminine characteristics without fear of losing their masculinity. Haenfler (2015) proposes, this rendition of masculinity allows for more dynamic interpretations of gender against the common binary notions pervasive in society: “Inclusive masculinity suggests not only that men are developing more progressive attitudes toward queer people but they develop more egalitarian relationships with women and their straight male peers” (p. 131). However, several critics (De Boise, 2015; McRobbie, 2009; O’Neill, 2015; Tasker & Negra, 2007) claim that inclusive masculinity is not as socially progressive as purported.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Rebooting Ponies and Men: Discordant Masculinity and the Brony Fandom

Miller

2018

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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In recent years, Brony fandom has grown from a small Internet-based fan community into a pop culture phenomenon complete with large-scale conventions. The appearance of Bronies in mainstream media confounds onlookers because the majority are young adult men celebrating the virtues of candy-colored ponies. This fandom is openly contesting traditional concepts of masculinity, particularly in the United States, by embracing the pony mantra of "love and tolerance." This theme promotes sharing feelings, acceptance of others, and improving interpersonal relationships. This article seeks to describe some of the characteristics of the fandom and how Bronies are creating a new construction of masculinity called discordant masculinity that steers away from postfeminist trappings in other, "hybrid," forms of masculinity.

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“…However this does not spell the end of youth (or the irrelevance of youth studies). As scholars such as Bennett (2013) and Haenfler (2015) have shown, engagements with 'youth' culture takes different forms at different points in the life course, particularly as different commitments such as parenthood, a heavy workload, or even the physical aging process reshape engagement patterns (Bennett and Hodkinson, 2012). Engagement with culture is also generational in that the way that young people make 'fresh contact' with cultural elements and possibilities in their teens and early 20s remains a central driver of the emergence of new cultural forms, such as new musical subgenres.…”

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Using the Concept of Generation in Youth Sociology

Woodman

2015

Handbuch Kindheits- Und Jugendsoziologie

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While youth studies is a diverse area of research, two approaches commonly labelled 'transitions' and 'cultures' have dominated the field over recent years. The 'transitions' perspective focuses on young people's transitions to adult statuses, particularly the transition from education to employment. The cultures perspective investigates young people's cultural practices, particularly involving music and 'style', the potential political content of these practices and their role in identity creation. Researchers working primarily in one approach have tended towards either indifference or antagonism towards research from the other approach. Yet the separation between the two is becoming more difficult to sustain as the changing contexts of young lives highlight the necessary intersection of complex, often messy, transitions to adulthood with young people's cultural practices. Concurrently, theoretical approaches, new and old are gaining influence within youth studies that challenge the separation of structural patterns and cultural responses. This chapter traces the history of the transitions and cultures strands of youth research, as well as the ongoing efforts to bridge the divide between the two. The chapter finishes by looking at recent attempts to work across the two approaches using the concept of 'generations'. class: a theoretical overview. In S. Hall & T. Jefferson (eds), Resistance Through Rituals (2nd edition) (pp. 1-59). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Cohen, A. (1955). Delinquent boys:/The subculture of the gang. New York: The Free Press. Cohen, P. (1999 [1972]). Sub-cultural conflict and working class community. In Rethinking the youth question: Education, labour and cultural studies. (pp. 50-63). Durham: Duke Univeristy Press.

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Transitioning to a New Manhood: Subcultures as Sites of Inclusive Masculinity

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene

White, Male, and Bartending in Detroit: Masculinity Work in a Hipster Scene

Rebooting Ponies and Men: Discordant Masculinity and the Brony Fandom

Using the Concept of Generation in Youth Sociology

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