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Young men and young masculinities:A transnational dialogue
No full textThis chapter is not strictly an interview, although, because we do ask one another questions and exchange views, it can read that way. We regard it as a dialogue between us, Jeff Hearn and Kopano Ratele, constituted from different texts and conversations, on several topics of mutual interest. Young men and masculinities are at the centre of the chapter, but our dialogue opens onto a wider set of interests relevant to the present book. The dialogue is grounded in a history of working together on transnational, Global North-South, collaborative projects which have included research, and co-editing a journal special issue and a book on engaging youth in activism. While our dialogue revolves around some of the key questions on young men and welfare, the broader aim also signals the use of conversation as a method in the making of personal, political, and intellectual identities. We begin with where our interests began, a history of sorts, before turning to where we are coming from, personally, politically, academically, then onto focusing on young men and masculinities, before discussing social welfare, social policy, and lifecourse as approaches to men, boys, and masculinities. We then engage on talking from and across our locations in the Global North and South. In the last two sections of the chapter, our conversation tackles current trends, key challenges, and future scenarios
Male victims of sexual violence and their welfare in the criminal justice system
Get PDFMale victims of sexual violence currently receive little attention in the UK, despite a growing number of men reporting sexual offences to the police and seeking psychological support for sexual trauma. Such issues are situated against a backdrop of substantial, gender-specific barriers for men around recognising, disclosing, and seeking support for their victimisation. Additionally, concerns have been raised around the efficacy of police officers in providing support throughout reporting and investigation processes, with findings indicating that male rape victims are often met with disbelief and scepticism and find the Criminal Justice process retraumatising. Increasing understanding around men’s experiences within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is critical in aiding the production of gender-inclusive, trauma-informed strategies that recognise victims’ gender/sexuality-specific needs. This chapter provides evidence-based, victim-centric guidance on effectively supporting male victims of sexual violence, across the multiple institutions of the UK CJS to ensure gender-specific and inclusive care for victim survivors. It does so by overviewing current issues in the policing and service provision of male rape allegations and by examining men’s welfare in the context of multiple UK CJS institutions. Research conducted in the UK on the welfare of male survivors across key investigative moments is reviewed, from reporting, involvement of third sector victim-support services, officer responses and investigative practices, to referral to the Crown Prosecution Service, before concluding with recommendations for policy and practice
Men's welfare beyond the state:Working fathers' experiences of childcare within the family in Soviet Ukraine
Get PDFThis chapter analyses men’s welfare through the lens of their fathering experiences in Soviet Ukraine during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. On the basis of analyses of 16 life history interviews, I show that men struggled to find a niche in childcare, especially at the early stages. These duties were dominated by their wives and their parents (in-law). As men had to work fulltime, they found it challenging to combine these duties with childcare. There were no state policies to support them, and parental (in-law) support benefited the welfare of mothers more than fathers. When parents (in-law) were not available, men shared childcare duties in more equal ways, and tried to ensure the welfare of their wives. This chapter argues that men struggled to combine childcare with work because neither the support of parents (in-law) nor that of the state – two main sources of personal welfare provision – prioritised men’s welfare, nor aided them in spending time with their children. Some men regretted these experiences of fathering and became more involved as grandfathers
Caring, old age and masculinities: Men’s experiences of caring and maintaining social connections in later life
No full textHousing Young Parents: A micro-dynamic study of the housing experiences and support needs of young mothers and fathers
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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