A WHOLE NEW WORLD:
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Gender & Society
- Vol. 4 (4) , 452-478
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124390004004003
Abstract
The impact of feminism on men has produced both backlash and attempts to reconstruct masculinity. The Australian environmental movement, strongly influenced by countercultural ideas, is a case in which feminist pressure has produced significant attempts at change among men. These are explored through life-history interviews founded on a practice-based theory of gender. Six life histories are traced through three dialectical moments: engagement with hegemonic masculinity; separation focused on an individualized remaking of the self, involving an attempt to undo oedipal masculinization; and a shift toward collective politics. This last and most important step remains tentative.Keywords
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