scholarly journals Cutting, Driving, Digging, and Harvesting: Re-masculinizing the Working-Class Heroic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augie Fleras ◽  
Shane Michael Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
The Past ◽  
Control Motivation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows

Television portrayals of working-class males in blue-collar jobs have in the past proven unflattering at best, demeaning at worst. But a new breed of unscripted TV shows articulates a fundamentally different narrative about the unsung heroism of working-class men. This article explores the narratives and images associated with the re-masculinization of blue-collared working-class males as real men in contrast to conventional working-class misrepresentations as persons lacking self control, motivation and commitment. This genre of “macho” male programs constitutes a key ideological tool by which “hegemonic” narratives of conventional masculinity are internalized through the “pleasures of the media.” The authors conclude that, despite the recent valorization of blue-collar values, contributions, and identities, representational distortions and content omissions persist in portraying working class realities.

scholarly journals Cutting, Driving, Digging, and Harvesting: Re-masculinizing the Working-Class Heroic

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Augie Fleras ◽  
Shane Michael Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
The Past ◽  
Control Motivation ◽  
Abstract Television ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows

ABSTRACT Television portrayals of working-class males in blue-collar jobs have in the past proven unflattering at best, demeaning at worst. But a new breed of unscripted TV shows articulates a fundamentally different narrative about the unsung heroism of working-class men. This article explores the narratives and images associated with the re-masculinization of blue-collared working-class males as real men in contrast to conventional working-class misrepresentations as persons lacking self control, motivation and commitment. This genre of “macho” male programs constitutes a key ideological tool by which “hegemonic” narratives of conventional masculinity are internalized through the “pleasures of the media.” The authors conclude that, despite the recent valorization of blue-collar values, contributions, and identities, representational distortions and content omissions persist in portraying workingclass realities.RÉSUMÉ La manière dont les médias ont dépeint les hommes de la classe ouvrière dans des emplois de cols bleus a été dans le passé peu flatteuse au mieux et dégradante au pire. Mais un nouveau type d’émission non-scénarisé articule une narration fondamentalement différente qui porte sur l’héroïsme méconnu des hommes de la classe ouvrière. Cet article explore les narrations et les images associées à la « remasculinisation » des cols bleus par rapport à la façon dont on les a décrits traditionnellement, à savoir comme des hommes manquant de maîtrise de soi, de motivation et de persévérance. Ce genre de programme sur le mâle macho est un outil idéologique clé par lequel les spectateurs, grâce au « plaisir des médias », internalisent des narrations hégémoniques sur la masculinité conventionnelle. Les auteurs concluent que, malgré la reconnaissance récente des valeurs, contributions et identités des cols bleus, des distorsions représentationnelles et des omissions de contenu persistent dans la manière dont les médias dépeignent la classe ouvrière.

scholarly journals Cutting, Driving, Digging, and Harvesting: Re-masculinizing the Working-Class Heroic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augie Fleras ◽  
Shane Michael Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
The Past ◽  
Control Motivation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows

Television portrayals of working-class males in blue-collar jobs have in the past proven unflattering at best, demeaning at worst. But a new breed of unscripted TV shows articulates a fundamentally different narrative about the unsung heroism of working-class men. This article explores the narratives and images associated with the re-masculinization of blue-collared working-class males as real men in contrast to conventional working-class misrepresentations as persons lacking self control, motivation and commitment. This genre of “macho” male programs constitutes a key ideological tool by which “hegemonic” narratives of conventional masculinity are internalized through the “pleasures of the media.” The authors conclude that, despite the recent valorization of blue-collar values, contributions, and identities, representational distortions and content omissions persist in portraying working class realities.

The Victimization of Women in the Media: A Discourse on the Victim and Gender Differentiation in Serbia

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-126
Author(s):  
Sanja Lazarević Radak
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Differentiation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Way

Abstract Over the past five years violence against women has been growing in Serbia. However, the aim of this paper is not to explore the reasons for the violence itself, but the way it is presented in the media. In this paper, representations of domestic violence are analysed by focusing on the image of women in newspapers, TV shows and film. Therefore, my intention is to examine: 1. How the media manipulate through the construct of gender; 2. The ways in which the media deepen gender differentiation and construct women as a weaker, inferior subject.

What’s Good for George Sánchez Is Good for Boyle Heights: Regenerative Scholarship, Urban Racism, Gentrification, and East LA Interchange

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Urban Pollution ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Boyle Heights ◽  
Good For ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Deed Restrictions ◽  
Class Community

The inclusive ideals of George Sánchez have helped shape a new generation of academics who have promoted connections with nonacademic organizations. This article discusses how Sánchez has continued these efforts through his pivotal contributions to an award-winning documentary focusing on the multiethnic, working-class community of Boyle Heights: Betsy Kalin’s film East LA Interchange (2015). East LA Interchange’s greatest contribution to the generative scholarship Sánchez emphasizes is its critical analysis of modern urban problems, utilizing history as a tool for social change. The story of Boyle Heights is not just a history of a single working-class community with a diverse culture. It is also a tale of a neighborhood trying to solve real world problems such as gentrification, unaffordable housing, community displacement, and urban pollution. The film portrays these difficulties in the present while showing that they originated decades ago. Sánchez and East LA Interchange are at their best when they provide the historical contexts of contemporary problems, emphasizing that history is not only the study of the past. Rather, history is the unending dialogue between the past, present, and future, and any significant discourse on today’s urban ills must be rooted in the past. For students and others interested in the diverse communities common in many US metropolitan regions, East LA Interchange has much to offer regarding the issues of immigration, redlining, deed restrictions, political activism, freeway construction, living with racially and ethnically diverse community members, and the nationwide problem of gentrification. These themes, especially gentrification, are the primary focus of this article.

Diversification propaganda work with foreign audiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4(13)) ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Shiyu Zhang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Over the past decade, bilateral relations between China and Russia have attracted the attention of the whole world. As neighbors and rapidly developing countries, China and Russia are becoming increasingly important in the international arena. The strategic partnership and interaction between China and Russia occupy a significant place in the politics of both countries. Cooperation is developing dynamically in various fields, primarily in politics. After 2012, a change of government took place in China and Russia, which brought new changes to international relations. Studying the involvement of the media in this process can clarify their impact on international relations, in particular, their role in the relationship between China and Russia.

Talk like an Egyptian? Epistemological problems with the synthesis of a vocal sound from the mummified remains of Nesyamun and racial designations in mummy studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Uroš Matić
Keyword(s):  
Human Remains ◽  
General State ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Egyptian Mummy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media

AbstractThe paper examines epistemological problems behind a recent study claiming to provide a synthesis of a vocal sound from the mummified remains of a man named Nesyamun and behind racial designations in Egyptian mummy studies more generally. So far, responses in the media and academia concentrated on the ethical problems of these studies, whereas their theoretical and methodological backgrounds have been rarely addressed or mentioned only in passing. It seems that the media reaction has targeted the synthesis of a sound rather than other, equally problematic, assumptions found in Egyptian mummy studies. By focusing on the epistemological problems, it will be demonstrated that the issues of greatest concern are endemic to a general state of a considerable part of the discipline of Egyptology and its unreflective engagement with the material remains of the past, especially human remains.

News on the 700 Club: The Cycle of Religious Activism

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 887-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Abelman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Religious Right ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Past ◽  
News Program ◽  
The Media ◽  
Religious Activism

This content analysis evaluates political topics and themes of televangelist Pat Robertson's high-profile news program The 700 Club during the early months of the 1992 presidential campaign. Considered the media arm of the Religious Right, this program was found to go against the trend of increasingly political and less religious content observed in earlier analyses of equivalent episodes during the 1983, 1986, and 1989 seasons. In addition, political topics were addressed more neutrally than in the past. The study discusses the possible impact of an increasingly competitive telecommunication environment on religious broadcasters.

A measure of humanity in internal disturbances and tensions: proposal for a Code of Conduct

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (262) ◽  
pp. 38-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Gasser
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
The Past ◽  
States Of Emergency ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

From time to time, States are affected by outbreaks of internal violence. Such upheavals are usually referred to as internal disturbances or tensions, disorders, states of emergency, revolutions or insurrections. These expressions all refer to situations that appear contrary to justice, order, stability and internal peace. There have been many examples of the kind in the past, and we know from the media that they continue to occur. Almost every nation in the world has a history marked by periods of insecurity and protest accompanied by outbreaks of violence.

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