ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva. Men and Masculinities Offside? : The [Un]sustainability of the Power of Men. In Jeff Hearn, Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila, Marina Hughson (eds.). Unsustainable Institutions of Men : Transnational Dispersed Centres, Gender Power, Contradictions. 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, p. 236-250. Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality. ISBN 978-1-138-09300-3.
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Original name Men and Masculinities Offside? : The [Un]sustainability of the Power of Men
Name in Czech Muži a mužství v ofsajdu? : Ne/udržitelnost mužské nadvlády
Authors ŠMÍDOVÁ, Iva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition 1st ed. London, Unsustainable Institutions of Men : Transnational Dispersed Centres, Gender Power, Contradictions, p. 236-250, 15 pp. Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality, 2019.
Publisher Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50401 Sociology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/19:00108954
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-1-138-09300-3
Keywords (in Czech) mužství; moc; Česká republika; kritická mužská studia; genderová analýza
Keywords in English masculinities; power; Czech Republic; critical studies on men and masculinities; gender analysis
Tags changing masculinities, domination, gender analysis, gender order, masculinities, rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The argument of the chapter revolves around the background question of the relevance and appropriateness of the idea that men and masculinities can get or be “offside”. The topic is inspired by the recurring public and academic debates on unsustainability of power of men and on particular perceptions of professional men as being powerless cogs in the structural machinery. The main objective of the chapter, grounded in several empirical studies from the Czech context, is to demonstrate how men maintain their key position, what mechanisms put them “offside”, or how they can challenge the mainstream dominant masculinity. “Men and masculinities offside?” elaborates in closer detail masculinities related to environment protection, nurturing fatherhood, gendered practices at childbirth including professional hierarchies in maternity wards. In addition to that, some work-in-progress analytical findings from an ongoing research on perinatal loss will situate the issue of men getting “offside” or remaining central in the field of death and dying, putting into question sustainability of an association between men and mastering of emotions or controlling the edges of humanity. Thus deconstructing the dominant and transforming men´s “centres” of power and practices putting men (themselves) offside form the pivotal topic of the proposed chapter.
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