Language and mediated masculinities : cultures, contexts, constraints / Robert Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Robert, 1982- author.

Series:

Studies in Language Gender Sex

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Language.

Men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Debates about masculinity have come to dominate the media landscape. This growing cultural tension around masculinities has been analyzed both for general audiences and in scholarship. What has been typically overlooked, however, is the role that language plays in these mediated performances of masculinity. Robert Lawson furthers our understanding of how language is implicated in (re)creating gender ideologies and how it shapes contemporary gender relations. Against a cultural backdrop of neoliberalism, ethnic nationalism, online radicalization, networked misogyny, and fractious gender relations, Language and Mediated Masculinities charts how language is used to monitor, evaluate, and police masculinities in online and offline spaces.

Contents:

Cover

Language and Mediated Masculinities

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Series Foreword

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Contexts, Cultures, and Constraints: Language and Mediated Masculinities in the Twenty-​First Century

2. Setting the Scene: Some Key Ideas in Language and Masculinities Studies

3. Approaches to Analyzing Language and Masculinities: Data, Theories, and Methods

4. Representations of 'Hard Man' Masculinity and Ideologies of Toughness in the British Press

5. Being a 'Real Man' on /​r/​The_​Donald: Masculinity, Ethnic Identity, and the Alternative Right

6. "Alphas Get Treated Like Bygone Emperors and Betas Live Lives of Quiet Desperation": Toxic Masculinity and Discourses of Gender in the Manosphere

7. Positive Masculinity and Brooklyn Nine-​Nine: Reconfiguring Dominant Gender Tropes in Television Comedy

8. The Language of Fatherhood 2.0: Discourses of Caring Masculinities on an Online Fathers' Forum

9. Conclusion: Where Next for Language and Masculinities Studies?

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lawson, Robert Language and Mediated Masculinities

ISBN:

0-19-008108-2

0-19-008106-6

0-19-008107-4