The Emos: Alternative Masculinities?

2015 ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Michael R. M. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Masculinities

Addicted to Christ

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
Spiritual Power ◽  
Transformation Techniques ◽  
Industrial Culture ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Street Corner ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The U.S

How are spiritual power and self-transformation cultivated in street ministries? This book provides an in-depth analysis of Pentecostal ministries in Puerto Rico that were founded and run by self-identified “ex-addicts,” ministries that are also widespread in poor Black and Latino neighborhoods in the U.S. mainland. The book melds cultural anthropology and psychiatry. Through the stories of ministry converts, the book examines key elements of Pentecostalism: mysticism, ascetic practice, and the idea of other-worldliness. It then reconstructs the ministries' strategies of spiritual victory over addiction: transformation techniques to build spiritual strength and authority through pain and discipline; cultivation of alternative masculinities based on male converts' reclamation of domestic space; and radical rupture from a post-industrial “culture of disposability.” By contrasting the ministries' logic of addiction with that of biomedicine, the book rethinks roads to recovery, discovering unexpected convergences with biomedicine while revealing the allure of street corner ministries.

scholarly journals Alternative Friendships to Improve Men’s Health Status. The Impact of the New Alternative Masculinities’ Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2188
Author(s):  
Oriol Ríos-González ◽  
Mimar Ramis-Salas ◽  
Juan Carlos Peña-Axt ◽  
Sandra Racionero-Plaza
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
The Impact

Background: Men who develop behaviors connected with the model of hegemonic masculinity present several health problems. Previous research has shown the types of problems that men commonly suffer in this regard such as chronic diseases, dietary disorders, and traffic accidents. To combat and overcome this situation, several campaigns, policies and recommendations have been undertaken, and consequently, their influence has been analyzed. However, there have been few investigations into the role of men’s friendship in the reduction of these physical health problems. The findings presented in this article are focused on this issue, illustrating the impact of male friendship on the shaping of healthy behaviors. Methods: Drawing upon a qualitative-based methodology articulated in a case study of the Men in Dialogue association, located in Spain, the study has followed the premises of the communicative approach, a total of 15 structured online open-ended questionnaires have been performed and analyzed. The median age of the participants is 37.5 years. Results: The findings show how men involved in Men in Dialogue are promoting a kind of masculine friendship that is improving men’s emotional well-being and, consequently, their physical health.

scholarly journals Dialogic Leadership and New Alternative Masculinities: Emerging Synergies for Social Transformation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Redondo
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Emerging Leadership ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Analysis Of Dynamics ◽  
School Influence

<p>Leadership plays a relevant role in the improvement of organisations and its study has influenced the analysis of dynamics of social change in current societies. There is a trend to analyse leadership considering issues such as its distribution or transformative dimension. According to recent developments in this field, dialogic leadership implies the whole community in the process of creation, development and consolidation of leadership practices. However, less is known about the role of dialogic leadership in relation to men´s movements and masculinities, particularly in the field of the New Alternative Masculinities (NAM). This article presents the results of a qualitative case study developed in an adult school being part of the Learning Communities project. It illustrates existing synergies between dialogic leadership and the NAM movement. It is explored in which ways the school influence transformative processes beyond its organisation and contributes to make more visible the NAM movement. The paper shows evidence on how dialogic leadership contributes to create an environment in which emerging leadership practices of the community in relation to the NAM movement have flourished. </p>

Albus Dumbledore and the Curse of Toxic Masculinity

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-156
Author(s):  
Karen Sugrue
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Mental Health Education ◽  
Masculine Behavior ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Effects On Children ◽  
Crisis Of Masculinity ◽  
Social Domains ◽  
Behavior Based

In both the worlds of sociology and psychotherapy, a crisis of masculinity can be seen in a number of very concerning trends in violence, mental health, education, media, and in wider social domains. Having explored the traditional representations of ‘superhero’ masculinity through the discussion of superheroes and villains in the previous sections, this chapter analyzes how Albus Dumbledore represents the old superhero masculine archetype by contrasting it with Harry Potter’s, who provides a newer and more hopeful model of masculine behavior based on friendship, connection, teamwork, and love. This chapter delves into how characters can model alternative masculinities as an effective strategy to combat the pervasiveness of toxic masculinity, and its effects on children and adults alike.

Radical Love

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Aitor Gómez ◽  
José Miguel Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Alternative Masculinities

This article introduces the readers to the notion of radical love that Paulo Freire, Joe Kincheloe, and Jesús Gómez (Pato) conceptualized at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. The theory of radical love by Pato was published at the beginning of 2015, and it has had a great and positive repercussions in different fields of research. We will explain how this concept could be constructed in an active dialogue among the three above mentioned authors and how the application of Pato's concepts have opened up the path to new areas of studies, such as new alternative masculinities.

scholarly journals Tender like marrow: A gender-based reading of Boom van my lewe [Tree of my life] and Ad hominem

Literator ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisemarié Combrink
Keyword(s):  
Subject Position ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ad Hominem ◽  
Feminine Gender ◽  
Artist's Books ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Gender Divisions ◽  
Gender Based

This article presents a reading of two artist’s books by male artists who participated in the practice-based research project Transgressions and boundaries of the page. The selected artists specifically address the notion of masculine vulnerability and injury, and in the process, they utilise a number of signifying strategies conventionally associated with masculine as well as feminine gender divisions. Schutte’s Boom van my lewe [Tree of my life] and Strydom and Burger’s Ad hominem were investigated. I argue that the use of media with a conventional feminine character together with themes associated with both masculine and feminine aspects assisted towards expressing the experience of masculine vulnerability and injury in such a manner that an unusual masculine subject position was suggested. This subject position offered a more nuanced view of masculinity that departs from masculinities proposed in discourses of conventional (heteronormative) or even so-called ‘new’ or alternative masculinities (transgender, homosexual and the like).

Hybrid Masculine Power: Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Homosociality and Hegemonic Masculinity

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Arxer
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Hybrid Form ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Small Group Interaction ◽  
The Relationship

Most research on heterosexual interaction among men focuses on ideologies, discourses, and practices that correspond to conventional renditions of hegemonic masculinity. Specifically, previous research suggests heterosexual men in homosocial interaction tend to suppress non-hegemonic meanings in constructing a sense of masculinity. Less attention has been given, however, to the ways in which men in homosocial settings conceptualize and negotiate with masculine ideals so as to produce a “hybrid” form of hegemonic masculinity that appropriates non-hegemonic practices. This study examines the production of hybrid hegemonic masculinity through participant observation of men in the social setting of a college bar. Results show that although men did align themselves with conventional hegemonic masculinity, they also incorporated gender practices associated with non-hegemonic masculinities. Interestingly, men often engaged in emotive sharing and preferred cooperation to competition as strategies in small group interaction for reproducing domination over women and subordinate masculinities. The argument is made that hybrid hegemonic masculinity may signal a shift in the landscape of hegemonic masculine power that increasingly appropriates alternative masculinities as a way to protect and reproduce gendered power and privilege.

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