Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Alpha MasculinityMen, Militarism, and Disruption

Alpha Masculinity: Men, Militarism, and Disruption [This chapter reconsiders the linguistic and discursive enlanguaging of Alpha and other dominant masculinities, taking a critical turn and reframing these hegemonic configurations as toxic and harmful. Building upon a reading of Larry Mitchellskampsk#x2019;s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, examples of dominant and exaggerated masculinity are brought into contiguity with militarism, arguing that Alpha and other manifestations of contemporary masculinity rearticulate the gendered order as an existential crisis and a perpetual combat, also making connections to neoliberal frames of individualism and consumerism. In closing, attention is turned to alternative discourse formations that eschew the leader-dominator ideal so intimately associated with Alpha. This anticipates counter-enlanguaging to disrupt masocentrism and hegemonic masculinity, as well as a call to antisexism and antimasocentrism.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Alpha MasculinityMen, Militarism, and Disruption

Download PDF
20 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/alpha-masculinity-men-militarism-and-disruption-DCjmQ740L5

References (10)

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-70469-8
Pages
223 –243
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-70470-4_8
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[This chapter reconsiders the linguistic and discursive enlanguaging of Alpha and other dominant masculinities, taking a critical turn and reframing these hegemonic configurations as toxic and harmful. Building upon a reading of Larry Mitchellskampsk#x2019;s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, examples of dominant and exaggerated masculinity are brought into contiguity with militarism, arguing that Alpha and other manifestations of contemporary masculinity rearticulate the gendered order as an existential crisis and a perpetual combat, also making connections to neoliberal frames of individualism and consumerism. In closing, attention is turned to alternative discourse formations that eschew the leader-dominator ideal so intimately associated with Alpha. This anticipates counter-enlanguaging to disrupt masocentrism and hegemonic masculinity, as well as a call to antisexism and antimasocentrism.]

Published: Apr 16, 2021

Keywords: Disruption; Equality; Militarism; Revolution

There are no references for this article.