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ERIC Number: ED649111
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 415
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3818-5171-7
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There Are No Supermen Here: A Poststructural Narrative Study of Male-Identifying College Students' Resistance of Traditional Masculinities
Christopher M. Fiorello
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, George Mason University
This study examines college men's resistance of traditional masculinity and support for diverse configurations of gender using the life story narratives of 14 male-identifying college students at 10 colleges across the United States. The research on masculinities in higher education primarily focuses on hegemonic masculinities (Connell, 2005; Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005) and harmful performances of masculinities. Anderson (2009) and Harris III and Harper (2014) introduced inclusive masculinities theory (IMT) and productive masculinities frameworks to explore resistance. Their work, while novel, unintentionally characterized college men in a binary as either inclusive or orthodox and productive or not productive in their masculinities. This study moves away from these dichotomies and explores the fullness of participant narratives of resistance, incorporating ideas of structures that resource and constrain resistance, strategic conduct of resistance, and the unintended consequences (Dennis, 2013) of resistance into the analysis. A poststructural approach is applied using narrative inquiry methodologies, including critical events analysis (Mertova & Webster, 2020), critical structural analysis (Dennis, 2013), and critical resistance analysis (Wolgemuth, 2014). The findings of this study highlight that resistance is not a simple binary and that men have complex and nuanced experiences as they navigate resistance, which includes elements of resistance, incongruence, and even both simultaneously. The findings also explore the structures that resource and constrain resistance, including the role of K-12 and student affairs educators and families in creating spaces that are supportive of resistance. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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