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      What Does it Mean to be a Man Today?: Bloke Culture and the Media

      Hodgetts, Darrin; Rua, Mohi
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       10.1007/s10464-009-9287-z
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      Hodgetts, D., & Rua, M. (2010). What does it mean to be a man today?: Bloke culture and the media. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(1-2), 155-168.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6316
      Abstract
      Psychologists have paid scant attention to the positive relationships and community contributions of working class men who are not in trouble, and have focused instead on men who are ‘in trouble.’ In addressing this oversight, we draw on insights from ethnographic observations, life narrative interviews, photographic techniques and media items, which have been compiled by 12 working class men from a shared community of practice in New Zealand. We illustrate how these men often appropriate aspects from contemporary media deliberations regarding what it means to be a man today in order to make sense of their own lives. The implications of participants’ emphasis on friendship, support, familial obligations, and community participation are discussed in relation to the place of working class men in society.
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      2010
      Type
      Journal Article
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      Springer
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