Comment: Socialism's Mal(e)contents: Masculinity as Performance Art in Postwar and Late Socialism. Issue 1 (1st August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dumančić, Marko
• Is Part Of: Aspasia. Volume 15:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 2021-08-01
• Subjects: masculinity studies -- methodology -- socialism -- Cold War -- East-Central Europe; Women -- Europe, Eastern -- Periodicals; Women -- Europe, Central -- Periodicals; Women -- Balkan Peninsula -- Periodicals; Women -- Europe, Central -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Women -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Women -- Balkan Peninsula -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Women; Balkan Peninsula; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 305.40943
• DOI: 10.3167/asp.2021.150109
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1933-2882

Abstract

Abstract: This article reflects on how the authors in this Special Forum collectively advance the work in the subfield of critical masculinity studies. The several significant themes emerging in this collection of articles include: persistent state intervention in gender relations, the impact of longstanding patriarchal norms, the rapidly changing postwar gender equilibrium, and the continuing significance of war and martial masculinity. Furthermore, the Special Forum illuminates the importance of micro-histories and ego-documents to the study of masculinities in Central and East Europe. Finally, by framing agency as a relational process affected by a variety of constraints, these authors' work marks a productive forward movement for the future study of critical masculinity studies more generally.