An Autoethnography of Masculinities: Flexibility and Flexing in Guyland

Autor/in	Sweet, Joseph D.
Titel	An Autoethnography of Masculinities: Flexibility and Flexing in Guyland
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education & the Arts, 18 (2017) 35, (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-8094
Schlagwörter	Autobiographies; Ethnography; Masculinity; Gender Issues; Feminism; Postmodernism; Self Concept; Individual Development; Males; Identification; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Ethnografie; Männlichkeit; Geschlechterfrage; Feminismus; Postmoderne; Selbstkonzept; Individuelle Entwicklung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	This autoethnography traces the author's shifting masculine identities as they have evolved across time and contexts. This piece splices journals and blogs from the author's past with prevailing masculinities theory, spectral data (Nordstrom, 2013), post-structural feminist theory and the author's present gender identity to investigate what can be learned about gender flexibility within one person's lived experience. The paper offers a special glimpse into the masculine narratives the author performed during one phase of his early adulthood and opens possibilities for alternative discourses. By closely analyzing his gender expressions and identity, the autoethnography reveals moments when his masculinities intersect with and diverge from dominant narratives in masculinities, which fractures notions of a monolithic masculine experience. Ultimately, it suggests fractured masculinities that destabilizes gender and suggests masculinity is an always ongoing, incomplete, flexible, process of becoming. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01