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This volume explores which relations produce or maintain masculinitiesand certain gendered systems of power and the consequences of these genderconstructions that further gender research. To understand the meanings ofmasculinity/masculinities and relationalities as critical concepts in genderstudies it takes a wide theoretical grip that spans over several researchfields. From a feminist perspective, it critically investigates masculinitiesas relationally constructed by scrutinizing which relations constructmasculinity within a certain gendered system of power, such as the nation, thefamily, or the workplace, and explores how this is done. 'In relation to what?'is hence, in spite of its almost vulgar rhetorical simplicity, an importantquestion in investigating and problematizing gender.
List of contents
Introduction:Masculinity/masculinities and relationality, Anneli Häyrénand Helena Wahlström Henriksson.- Exploringthe relationality of fatherhood: John Irving's The Cider House Rules, Helena Wahlström Henriksson.- Doing(oppressive) gender via men's relations with children, Keith Pringle.- Making friends: Construction of change,masculine positions and friendships among former drug users, Klara Goedecke.- Constructionsof masculinity, construction of context: Relational processes in everyday work,Anneli Häyrén.- (Re)doing men in museum exhibitions? Masculinities and thedemocratization of heritage in South Africa, Cecilia Rodéhn.- Fear and love:Masculinities and emotions in autobiographies by Swedish politicians, MargarethaFahlgren.
Summary
This volume explores which relations produce or maintain masculinities
and certain gendered systems of power and the consequences of these gender
constructions that further gender research. To understand the meanings of
masculinity/masculinities and relationalities as critical concepts in gender
studies it takes a wide theoretical grip that spans over several research
fields. From a feminist perspective, it critically investigates masculinities
as relationally constructed by scrutinizing which relations construct
masculinity within a certain gendered system of power, such as the nation, the
family, or the workplace, and explores how this is done. ‘In relation to what?’
is hence, in spite of its almost vulgar rhetorical simplicity, an important
question in investigating and problematizing gender.
