Masculinities and Place

484 Pages·2014·2.761 MB·English

by  Andrew Gorman-Murray, Peter Hopkins (eds.)

Masculinities and Place
Gender, Space and Society
series editors: Peter Hopkins, newcastle university, uK and
dr Rachel Pain, durham university, uK
the series on Gender, space and society aims to publish innovative feminist work
that analyses men’s and women’s lives from a perspective that exposes and is
committed to challenging social inequalities and injustices. The series reflects
the ongoing significance and changing forms of gender, and of feminist ideas, in
diverse social, geographical and political settings.
the themes it covers include, but are not restricted to:
• the constitution and transformation of gender in different political and
economic regimes around the world.
• Men’s and women’s lived experiences of femininities and masculinities in
diverse spaces and environments.
• the ways in which gender is co-constituted and intersects with a range
of other social identities, such as race, ethnicity, nationality, class, age,
generation, religion, (dis)ability, sexual orientation, body size and health
status in different places and times.
• challenging distinctions and offering new understandings of the
relationships between public/private, economic/social (re)production,
geopolitical/intimate and so on.
• destabilising the binary man/woman, and developing more complex ways
of understanding gendered social and spatial relations.
• developing theoretical perspectives that shed light on the changing nature
of gender relations, such as indigenous, postcolonial, queer, Marxist,
poststructuralist and non-representational feminist theories.
• exploring innovation in methodology, praxis, knowledge co-production
and activism as means of challenging social injustices.
Masculinities and Place
edited by
andRew GoRMan-MuRRay
University of Western Sydney, Australia
PeteR HoPKins
Newcastle University, UK
© andrew Gorman-Murray and Peter Hopkins, and the contributors 2014
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Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work.
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Masculinities and place / [edited] by andrew Gorman-Murray and Peter Hopkins.
pages cm. -- (Gender, space and society)
includes bibliographical references and index.
isBn 978-1-4724-0979-9 (hardback) -- isBn 978-1-4724-0980-5 (ebook) -- isBn 978-1-
4724-0981-2 (epub) 1. Masculinity--Research. 2. Men’s studies. 3. space in economics-
-Research. i. Gorman-Murray, andrew. ii. Hopkins, Peter (Peter e.)
HQ1088.M372 2014
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2014020762
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isBn: 9781472409805 (ebk – PdF)
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Notes on Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction: Masculinities and Place 1
Andrew Gorman-Murray and Peter Hopkins
Part 1 IntroducIng and theorIsIng
MasculInItIes and Place
2 Theorising, Men, Masculinities, Place and Space: Local, National
and Transnational Contexts and Interrelations 27
Jeff Hearn, Alp Biricik and Tanja Joelsson
3 Spatio-temporal and Spatio-sensual Assemblages of Youthful
Masculinities 43
Anna Hickey-Moody and Jane Kenway
4 Neoliberalism, Masculinities and Academic Knowledge
Production: Towards a Theory of ‘Academic Masculinities’ 57
Lawrence D. Berg, Levi Gahman, and Neil Nunn
Part 2 MasculInItIes, IntersectIonalIty and
relatIonalIty
5 ‘I am lord, … I am local’: Migrant Masculinity, Sex and Making
Yourself at Home 77
Greg Noble and Paul Tabar
6 Negotiating Masculinised Migrant Rights and Everyday
Citizenship in a Global City: Brazilian Men in London 93
Kavita Datta and Cathy McIlwaine
7 ‘Where you are is what you wear’: The Leather Community,
International Mr Leather and Hyper-masculinity 109
Andrew Childs
vi Masculinities and Place
8 Cowboy Masculinities: Relationality and Rural Identity 125
Chris Gibson
Part 3 MasculInItIes and hoMe
9 The Geographies of Military Inculcation and Domesticity:
Reconceptualising Masculinities in the Home 143
Stephen Atherton
10 Violence and Men in Urban South Africa: The Significance of ‘Home’ 159
Paula Meth
11 ‘My place of residence’: Home and Homelessness in the Greater
Toronto Area 173
Jeff May
Part 4 MasculInItIes and doMestIc labour
12 Reconceptualising ‘Masculinity’ Through Men’s Contributions to
Domestic Foodwork 191
Angela Meah
13 Materiality, Masculinity and the Home: Men and Interior Design 209
Andrew Gorman-Murray
14 Working on Masculinity at Home 227
Rosie Cox
Part 5 MasculInItIes and the FaMIly
15 Domestic Ageing Masculinities and Grandfathering 241
Anna Tarrant
16 Intergenerational Relations and Irish Masculinities: Reflections
from the Tyneside Irish, in the North-East of England 255
Michael Richardson
17 Emotional Mappings and the Ethnopoetics of Fathering 269
Stuart C. Aitken
Part 6 MasculInItIes, Place and care
18 Masculinities, Embodiment and Care 285
Kim England and Isabel Dyck
Contents vii
19 The Gay Bar as a Place of Men’s Caring 299
Michael Brown, Stefano Bettani, Larry Knopp and Andrew Childs
20 ‘It’s a place where all friends meet’: Shared Places, Youth
Friendships and the Negotiation of Masculine Identities in Rural
Estonia 317
Elen-Maarja Trell and Bettina van Hoven
Part 7 MasculInItIes, health and WellbeIng
21 ‘Being a Man’ in Treatment: Health, Masculinity and the Drama of
Independence 337
Robert Wilton and Joshua Evans
22 Masculinities, Life Courses and Sexual Health: Unpacking HIV
Risk and Prevention among Gay Men in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada 351
Nathaniel M. Lewis
23 Masculinities and Mental Health: Geographies of Hope ‘Down Under’ 367
Jessica Jean Keppel
Part 8 MasculInItIes and Work
24 Representations, Respect and Resentment: Labour Market Change
and Discourses of Masculine Disadvantage 387
Linda McDowell, Esther Rootham and Abby Hardgrove
25 Masculinity in the Marketplace: Geographies of Post-Colonial
Gender Work in Modern Fiji 401
Geir-Henning Presterudstuen
26 Crafting Masculinities: A Cultural Economy of Surfboard-Making 415
Andrew Warren
27 Performing Rural Masculinities: A Case Study of Diggers and
Dealers 431
Barbara Pini and Robyn Mayes
Index 443
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List of Figures and Tables
Figures
7.1 Hyper-masculine achetypes 116
7.2 The hanky code 118
8.1 Lee Western Wear advertisement, 1962 – ‘Gives You That Slim,
Trim Fit’ 134
8.2 Cowboy hat advertisement, 1946. Western wear manufacturers
marketed lines of hats, shirts and boots that were individually
named, evoking frontier individualism and enabling personal
customization of masculine identities 135
12.1 Ted’s ‘macho’ chopping board and knife 202
12.2 Ted sporting an apron – a challenge to his masculinity? 202
12.3 Azam – patient, precise, ‘feminine’ … ? 203
12.4 Nazra’s ‘macho’ display 204
13.1 Brett’s living area: colour, texture and arrangement 217
13.2 Tom’s living area: placement and light 218
13.3 Ryan’s dining room: colour, shape and flow 219
13.4 David’s living area: pictures and ornaments 219
13.5 Sam and Lisa’s dining room: negotiation and expression 221
13.6 Aaron and Wendy’s living area: aesthetic decision-making 221
17.1 Felipe’s ethnopoetic map 280
19.1 Sign inside of Shelly’s Leg disco 1973–1976. (Photo courtesy
of the Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Project – used
with permission) 303
19.2 Veneral Disease Education Pamphlet distributed by the Seatte-
King County Public Health Department, in conjunction with the
Seattle Gay Community Center circa 1978 309
20.1 The study area 321
20.2 Boys on a boat trip 323
20.3 Boys at their dancing performance 326