'That's what i call a man': Representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media

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  Gender and Language

  Volume 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-139

   

  Levon, E.^b 

  ^a  Lancaster University, United Kingdom
  ^b  Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom 

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  Abstract

  According to Raewyn Connell, 'being a man' involves actively positioning one's self in relation to culturally dominant images of masculinity. Yet, crucially, these images change depending on the social and historical context. In this paper, we examine contemporary discourses of masculinity as they are represented in the British press. In particular, we focus on the ways in which masculine representations are both racialised and classed, and how they are positioned in relation to one another within a broader ideological field of genderand power. Analyses are based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a large corpus (44.1 million words) of newspaper articles on masculinity that appeared in the UK between 2003 and 2011. Our findings underscore the importance of adopting an intersectional approach to the study of language and masculinity, and provide support for recent critical re-evaluations of the foundational concept of hegemonic masculinity. © 2016, Equinox Publishing.

  Author keywords

  Britain; Corpus analysis; Discourse analysis; Hegemonic masculinity; Intersectionality; Masculinities

  ISSN: 17476321Source Type: Journal Original language: English

  DOI: 10.1558/genl.v10i1.25401Document Type: Review

  Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd 1

  Funding Details

  Acronym; Sponsor: ESRC; Economic and Social Research Council

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