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The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-136).
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| author | Knaggs, Angie |
| author2 | Archer, Arlene |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-136). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13981 The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines Knaggs, Angie Archer, Arlene Glenn, Ian Film and Media Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-136). This thesis considers the constructions of discourses of masculinities by contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines, and examines the extent to which they are simply mainstream promulgators of 'old school' patriarchy and soft porn, or the ways in which they offer new and complex models of modem masculinity. The thesis further examines whether local men's lifestyle magazines perhaps represent a unique synthesis within masculine discourses? This study explores how a new understanding of the discourses of masculinity can help to explain the commonly held assumption that masculinity is in 'crisis'. The post-structuralist study explores the discourses through textual analysis, employing a social semiotic and Critical Discourse Analysis multimodal approach which links the social with the representational. The study concentrates its analysis on the most prevalent discourses in the text. The research takes the form of the textual analysis of four articles taken from prominent South African men's lifestyle magazines. In response to suggestions that no generalised 'crisis' in masculinity exists because patriarchy is still very much intact, this thesis suggests that appreciating identity as self-reflexive provides a different understanding of the anxiety surrounding contemporary masculinity. Gender as a self-reflexive project allows the self to be constructed from a multitude of resources resulting in the apprehension of choice. This study attempts to show how the discursive space created in the discourses of masculinity in men's magazines provides the reader with an intimate, yet emotionally elusive place where the reader can navigate these ambiguities of contemporary masculinity. 2015-09-15T10:27:25Z 2015-09-15T10:27:25Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13981 eng application/pdf Centre for Film and Media Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Film and Media Studies Knaggs, Angie The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| title_full | The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| title_fullStr | The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| title_full_unstemmed | The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| title_short | The space between : discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary South African men's lifestyle magazines |
| title_sort | space between discursive constructions of masculinity in contemporary south african men s lifestyle magazines |
| topic | Film and Media Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13981 |
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