Anthropology of Masculinities

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Instead of studying "masculinity" as singular gendered identity, the class delves into theories of gender, sex, race, ethnicity, religion, and ability to look at masculinities across a wide spectrum of power. The class will look at ethnographic detailing of masculinities and its difference across categories and social contexts. In addition, looking at the relationality and intersectionality of masculinities is crucial to understanding how meanings, social patterns of relations, and hierarchies then emerge from practices of masculinities. These are some guiding questions: What are racialized masculinities? What are the gender politics within masculinity?