Mens Studies as a New Discipline and Research Field

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• Mens Studies as a New Discipline and Research
  Field
• in the Post-Soviet Countries
• Tetyana Bureychak

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• Mens studies
• Peculiarities of mens studies in the post-soviet
  space
• Masculinities MA level course (MA Center for
  Cultural Studies and Sociology, Lviv, Ukraine)

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• Mens studies is the study of masculinities and
  male experiences as specific and varying
  social-historical-cultural formations

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• Current interest in mens studies has
• social
• political and
• academic roots

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Stages of institutionalization of Mens studies
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Post-soviet research on masculinities
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Researchers working in this field of mens
studies in the post-soviet countries

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Some problems related to teaching of mens
studies

• stereotypes based on less importance of mens
  studies compared to womens studies
• misunderstanding of courses on mens studies
  purpose
• lack of male students interest in taking mens
  studies course
• difficulty with access to publications on mens
  studies issued in the post-soviet countries.

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Course objectives

• introduction into the major theoretical debates
  on masculinities
• development of understanding of masculinities as
  a socio-cultural constructs
• realisation and appreciation of a variety of
  masculine identities
• critical perception of gender relations,
  masculine identities, potential conflicts
  between traditional and alternative
  understanding of masculinity
• development of research skills for exploring
  different aspects of masculinity.

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Topics are discussed within the course

• Masculinity theoretical debates and definitions.
• Mens socialisation traditions of initiation of
  masculinity.
• Mens movements. Masculinism(s).
• Soviet and post-soviet experience of construction
  of masculinities. Crisis of masculinity.
• Masculinities and mass media.
• Destructive practices of masculinity.
• Masculinity and sport.
• Experiences of fatherhood.
• Homosexuality as alternative masculinity.
• Dimensions of male beauty and sexuality.

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• Thank you!
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