Class dates:

I part

17.2.2023- introductory class on masculinity studies and feminist approaches to it

24.2.2023- hegemonic masculinities 1

3.3.2023 – hegemonic masculinities 2

10.3.2023- men’s movements and anti-feminism

II part

17.3.2023- queer and marginalised masculinities 1

24.3.2023- queer and marginalised masculinities 2

III part

31.3.2023 - militarised and violent masculinities

7.4.2023- Holiday

14.4.2023- Reading week! +book review preparation

21.4.2023- Book review and theatre preparations

28.4.2023- Holiday

5.5.2024 - masculinities in exile

12.5.2024 – new possibilities and challenges of masculinity studies

I PART

Class 1: 17.2.2023- Introductory class on masculinity studies and feminist approaches to it

Required readings:

· Jonathan A. Allan (2018) Masculinity as cruel optimism, NORMA, 13:3-4, 175-190, DOI: 10.1080/18902138.2017.1312949

Further readings:

· Brittany Everitt-Penhale & Kopano Ratele (2015) RETHINKING ‘TRADITIONAL MASCULINITY’ AS CONSTRUCTED, MULTIPLE, AND ≠ HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY, South African Review of Sociology, 46:2, 4-22, DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2015.1025826

· Darius Bost, La Marr Jurelle Bruce & Brandon J. Manning (2019) Introduction, The Black Scholar, 49:2, 1-10, DOI: 10.1080/00064246.2019.1581970

· Praseeda Gopinath & Pavitra Sundar (2020) Introduction: Masculinities, South Asian Popular Culture, 18:1, 1-10, DOI: 10.1080/14746689.2020.1736819

Class 2: 24.2.2023 - Hegemonic masculinities 1

Required readings:

· Joane Nagel (1998) Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 21:2, 242-269

· Henri Myrttinen, Lana Khattab & Jana Naujoks (2017) Re-thinking hegemonic masculinities in conflict-affected contexts, Critical Military Studies, 3:2, 103-119, DOI: 10.1080/23337486.2016.1262658

Further readings:

· Matthew William Maycock (2017) Hegemonic at home and subaltern abroad: Kamaiya masculinities and changing mobility in Nepal, Gender, Place & Culture, 24:6, 812-822, DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2015.1058761

· Anna Buschmeyer & Diana Lengersdorf (2016) The differentiation of masculinity as a challenge for the concept of hegemonic masculinity, NORMA, 11:3, 190-207, DOI: 10.1080/18902138.2016.1217672

· Juanita Elias & Christine Beasley (2009) Hegemonic Masculinity and Globalization: ‘Transnational Business Masculinities’ and Beyond, Globalizations, 6:2, 281-296, DOI: 10.1080/14747730902854232

· Funda Gençoğlu Onbaşı (2016) Paid military service at the intersection of militarism, nationalism, capitalism, and (hetero)patriarchy: escaping without leaving ‘manhood’, Citizenship Studies, 20:6-7, 883-898

· Ashe, Fidelma (2012). Gendering War and Peace: Militarized Masculinities in Northern Ireland. Men and Masculinities, 15:3, pp.230–248.

· Lomsky-Feder Edna & Rapoport Tamar (2003). Juggling models of masculinity: Russian-Jewish immigrants in the Israeli army. Sociological Inquiry, 73:1, 114–137

· Gill, Leslie (1997). Creating Citizens, Making Men: The Military and Masculinity in Bolivia. Cultural Anthropology, 12:4, 527–550

Class 3: 3.3.2023 - Hegemonic masculinities 2 + Toxic masculinities

Short documentary: Armenia’s public space is men-only space (https://chaikhana.media/en/stories/804/armenias-public-space-is-men-only-space )

Required reading:

· Andrea Waling (2019) Problematising ‘Toxic’ and ‘Healthy’ Masculinity for Addressing Gender Inequalities, Australian Feminist Studies, 34:101, 362-375, DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2019.1679021

· Kayla Marshall, Kerry Chamberlain & Darrin Hodgetts (2020) Male bodybuilders on Instagram: negotiating inclusive masculinities through hegemonic masculine bodies, Journal of Gender Studies, 29:5, 570-589, DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1722620

Further readings:

· Aletta Biersack (2016) Introduction: Emergent Masculinities in the Pacific, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 17:3-4, 197-212, DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2016.1186215

· Kopano Ratele (2021) An invitation to decoloniality in work on (African) men and masculinities, Gender, Place & Culture, 28:6, 769-785, DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2020.1781794

· Duncan McDuie-Ra (2013) Being a tribal man from the North-East: migration, morality, and masculinity, South Asian History and Culture, 4:2, 250-265, DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2013.768867

· Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda (2022) What makes hegemonic masculinity so hegemonic? Japanese American men and masculine aspirations, Identities, 29:5, 671-690, DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2020.1851005

· Ann-Dorte Christensen & Sune Qvotrup Jensen (2014) Combining hegemonic masculinity and intersectionality, NORMA, 9:1, 60-75, DOI: 10.1080/18902138.2014.892289

· Carol Harrington (2021) What is “Toxic Masculinity” and Why Does it Matter? Men and Masculinities, 24(2), 345–352. DOI: 10.1177/1097184X20943254

Class 4: 10.3.2023 - Men’s movements and anti-feminism

· Melissa Blais & Francis Dupuis-D√©ri (2012) Masculinism and the Antifeminist Countermovement, Social Movement Studies, 11:1, 21-39, DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2012.640532

· Olga Serradell, Ignacio Santa Cruz & Eduard Mondejar (2015) Can the men's movement attract young men? The men in dialogue association, Journal of Gender Studies, 24:6, 677-688, DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2013.872556

Further readings:

· Inga Koralewska & Katarzyna Zielińska (2021) ‘Defending the unborn’, ‘protecting women’ and ‘preserving culture and nation’: anti-abortion discourse in the Polish right-wing press, Culture, Health & Sexuality 1-15

· Nami Kim (2011) “Lord, I Am a Father!” The Transnational Evangelical Men's Movement and the Advent of “Benevolent’ Patriarchy, Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 17:1, 100-131, DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2011.11666104

II PART

Class 5: 17.3.2023 - Queer and marginalised masculinities 1

Required readings:

· Halberstam, Jack, . Female Masculinity. Durham [N.C.] :Duke University Press, 199. pp: 1-43.

· Abelson, M.J. (2014), Dangerous Privilege: Trans Men, Masculinities, and Changing Perceptions of Safety. Sociol Forum, 29: 549-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12103

Further readings:

· Andrew Childs (2016) Hyper or hypo-masculine? Re-conceptualizing ‘hyper-masculinity’ through Seattle’s gay, leather community, Gender, Place & Culture, 23:9, 1315-1328, DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2016.1160033

· Keith J. Watts & Kia J. Bentley (2021) Perceptions of gay black men on the social construction of masculinity and its role in mental health, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2021.1949422

· Lucas Gottzén & Wibke Straube (2016) Trans masculinities, NORMA, 11:4, 217-224, DOI: 10.1080/18902138.2016.1262056

· Michael A. J. Murgo, Kiet D. Huynh, Debbiesiu L. Lee & Joan C. Chrisler (2017) Anti-Effeminacy Moderates the Relationship Between Masculinity and Internalized Heterosexism Among Gay Men, Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 11:2, 106-118, DOI: 10.1080/15538605.2017.1310008

Class 6: 24.3.2023 - Queer and marginalised masculinities 2

Short documentary: South africa's queer fashion designers and trans activists subverting masculinity (