COMMODIFYING THE MALE BODY, PROBLEMATIZING “HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY?”
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Sport and Social Issues
- Vol. 22 (4), 431-446
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019372398022004007
Abstract
This article offers a critique of the hegemonic masculinity thesis, initially from ethnomethodology and psychology. It then proposes an approach that combines the idea of “categorials” from the work of Harvey Sacks with a new political economy of looking. The article examines the situation of gay athletes in the context of the commodification of male beauty and the spread of ocularity onto men. A case study is made of Ian Roberts, footballer and gay icon.Keywords
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