Entrepreneurialism, Masculinities and the Self-Made Man

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This chapter uses case study data to explore the making of entrepreneurial masculinities. In particular it concentrates on two life histories depicting two rather different models of entrepreneurial masculinity but representative of first-generation wealth holders. It also examines the ways in which the processes of masculine entrepreneurialism impinge upon men's domestic role. Overall I highlight the links between the hidden services provided by women in the household and the construction of particular masculinities and capital accumulation through entrepreneurial activity. The following analysis suggests that women's domestic labour and the ideology surrounding femininity constitute invisible resources which play a fundamental part in building up the male entrepreneur and particular masculinities; these are sets of relationships ...

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