Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career

Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career

Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

Edited by: Kadri Aavik, Clarice Bland, Josephine Hoegaerts and Janne Tuomas Vilhelm Salminen

De Gruyter Oldenbourg | 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110651874

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This book focuses on the multiple and diverse masculinities ‘at work’. Spanning both historical approaches to the rise of ‘profession’ as a marker of masculinity, and critical approaches to the current structures of management, employment and workplace hierarchy, the book questions what role masculinity plays in cultural understandings, affective experiences and mediatised representations of a professional ‘career’.

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Kadri Aavik, University of Helsinki; Josephine Hoegaerts, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Frontmatter Open Access PDF PDF	I
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Introduction: Why Men, Masculinities and Career(s)? Kadri Aavik, Josephine Hoegaerts and Janne Salminen Open Access PDF PDF	1
I Men, Care and Careers: Self-care, ‘Caring’ Roles and Occupations
1 Care for the Self – But Not for the Career? Men’s Perceptions of Work-related Self-care Henri Hyvönen Open Access PDF PDF	15
2 Men Opting out: Disenchantment with Corporate Cultures and Career Ideals Ingrid Biese Open Access PDF PDF	35
3 Those Who Can’t, Teach: Representations and Challenges of Male Teachers Cathy Leogrande Open Access PDF PDF	53
II Male-dominated Careers and Work Spaces
4 From Industrial Worker to Corporate Manager: The Ungendering of Andy Warhol’s Masculinity Gilad Reich Open Access PDF PDF	73
5 The Centrality of Soft Skills in Sustaining Masculine Ideals in Lawyers’ Career Progression in Finland and Quebec Marta Choroszewicz Open Access PDF PDF	89
6 Athletic Migrant Religiosities and the Making of ‘Respectable Men’ José Hildo de Oliveira Filho Open Access PDF PDF	109
III Self-representations of the (In)competent Working Man
7 Competency as an Embodied Social Practice: Clothing, Presentation of Self and Corporate Masculinity in South Korea Joanna Elfving-Hwang Open Access PDF PDF	133
8 Failing Careers. Men in Business in Nineteenth-century Global Trade Ulla Ijäs Open Access PDF PDF	153
9 Bonding through Objectification: The Gendered Effects of Commercial Sex on Male Homosocial Work Culture in Northern Thailand and Beyond Cassie DeFillipo Open Access PDF PDF	173
IV Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives on Men, Masculinities, and Career(s)
10 Connections between Masculinity, Work, and Career Reproduce Gender Inequality Tristan Bridges, Catherine J. Taylor and Sekani Robinson Open Access PDF PDF	193
11 Studying Privileged Men’s Career Narratives from an Intersectional Perspective: The Methodological Challenge of the Invisibility of Privilege Kadri Aavik Open Access PDF PDF	217
12 Historicising Political Masculinities and Careers Josephine Hoegaerts Open Access PDF PDF	241
Afterword: Men, Masculinities, Careers and Careering Jeff Hearn Open Access PDF PDF	261
Biographies Open Access PDF PDF	273
Index Open Access PDF PDF	277

Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career

Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

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