Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities
This paper invokes the categories of the masculine that have been discursively constructed in the historical and social context of hip hop and graffiti culture. The production and performance of graffiti(ed) masculinities are the result of a complex mix that samples notions of class, race, violence,...
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Men's Studies Press
2013
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| author | Lombard, Kara-Jane |
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| description | This paper invokes the categories of the masculine that have been discursively constructed in the historical and social context of hip hop and graffiti culture. The production and performance of graffiti(ed) masculinities are the result of a complex mix that samples notions of class, race, violence, space, commodification, gender, resistance, and violence. Graffiti culture embodies the colonizer’s ideals of a masculinity that is dangerous, aggressive and takes risks, while giving men a medium with which to tell their stories and allowing them to express their emotions. The article argues that graffiti(ed) masculinities are composed of seemingly disparate and complex components that shadow the masculine ideals of the colonizer, of hegemonic masculinity, as well as borrowing from notions of subordinate and resistive masculinities. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-113892017-09-13T14:53:53Z Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities Lombard, Kara-Jane This paper invokes the categories of the masculine that have been discursively constructed in the historical and social context of hip hop and graffiti culture. The production and performance of graffiti(ed) masculinities are the result of a complex mix that samples notions of class, race, violence, space, commodification, gender, resistance, and violence. Graffiti culture embodies the colonizer’s ideals of a masculinity that is dangerous, aggressive and takes risks, while giving men a medium with which to tell their stories and allowing them to express their emotions. The article argues that graffiti(ed) masculinities are composed of seemingly disparate and complex components that shadow the masculine ideals of the colonizer, of hegemonic masculinity, as well as borrowing from notions of subordinate and resistive masculinities. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11389 10.3149/jms.2102.178 Men's Studies Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Lombard, Kara-Jane Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title | Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title_full | Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title_fullStr | Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title_short | Men Against the Wall: Graffiti(ed) Masculinities |
| title_sort | men against the wall: graffiti(ed) masculinities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11389 |