Absences, presences and unintended consequences in debates about masculinities and social change: a reply to Christofidou

IF 2.1 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

NORMA Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/18902138.2021.1965791

Steven Roberts, Karla Elliott, Brittany Ralph

引用次数: 10

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article offers a reply – and an alternative perspective – to Andria Christofidou’s recent contribution to this journal, which critically engages with debates on men, masculinities and social change. We first suggest that understanding change requires us to go beyond pitting theoretical frameworks against one another, and we highlight work that has done this. Second, as our main point, we argue that when bringing in intersectionality as a theory or concept, CSMM scholars must maintain the spirit of the foundational thinking of the idea, such that inequalities are uncovered, highlighted and challenged. We also stress that marginalised men, in the Global South but also the Global North, must be included in the story of social change. While our response is stimulated by Christofidou’s article, our contention applies to a wide range of thinking in CSMM.

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本文对Andria Christofidou最近在本刊上发表的一篇关于男性、男性气质和社会变革的批判性文章进行了回应，并提供了另一种观点。我们首先提出，理解变化需要我们超越理论框架之间的对立，我们强调了已经做到这一点的工作。其次，作为我们的主要观点，我们认为，当将交叉性作为一种理论或概念引入时，CSMM学者必须保持这一理念的基本思想精神，这样才能发现、突出和挑战不平等。我们还强调，在全球南方和全球北方，被边缘化的男性必须被纳入社会变革的故事。虽然我们的反应是由Christofidou的文章激发的，但我们的论点适用于CSMM的广泛思考。

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来源期刊

NORMA Social Sciences-Gender Studies

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

14.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： NORMA is an international journal for high quality research concerning masculinity in its many forms. This is an interdisciplinary journal concerning questions about the body, about social and textual practices, and about men and masculinities in social structures. We aim to advance theory and methods in this field. We hope to present new themes for critical studies of men and masculinities, and develop new approaches to ''intersections'' with race, sexuality, class and coloniality. We are eager to have conversations about the role of men and boys, and the place of masculinities, in achieving gender equality and social equality. The journal was begun in the Nordic region; we now strongly invite scholarly work from all parts of the world, as well as research about transnational relations and spaces. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is online via Editorial Manager.