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WORK Connell's work deals critically with culture, media and politics in the context of Hegemony , especially Hegemonic Masculinity . She is primarily recognised for her analysis of Masculinities "; her book, ''Masculinities'', is a widely-cited text that is said to have had significant influence on early research in the field. Since its original publication in 1995, the book has been translated into several languages. List of books , Professor Connell's USYD homepage. Retrieved on 08/05/07. Criticism Connell's work has come under some criticism, with respect to two of the pillars that support much of her theory: hegemonic masculinity, and the "patriarchal dividend". On the former, it is argued by Drs. Beasly and Elias, in their paper ''Situating Masculinities in Global Politics'' (2006), that there is enough categorical "slippage" in the way Connell articulates the concept of hegemonic masculinity to make it less authoritative than Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci 's original thesis of hegemony, which Connell obviously builds upon in her work. This opposing argument is, in short, that there are considerable differences between forms of dominant masculinities; more than Connell's theory acknowledges.C. Beasly, J. Elias. "Situating Masculinities in Global Politics" (07/07/06), Second Oceanic Conference on International Studies. Retrieved on 08/05/07. Concerning the latter, Connell states that the patriarchal dividend – her phrase used to mean the "honour, prestige... the right to command... also material dividend Connell. "Masculinities" (1995), p. 82. given to men under a Patriarchy – may not be ''uniformly'' distributed among men, but is, nevertheless, universally distributed among them. In a paper for the UNDP 's ''Gender in Development'' series, Greig, Kimmel and Lang write: "But it is equally clear that men's 'patriarchal dividend' is mediated by economic class, social status, race, ethnicity, sexuality and age... "A. Greig, M. Kimmel, J. Lang. [http://www.health.columbia.edu/pdfs/men_masculinities.pdf "Men, Masculinities and Development: Broadening our work towards gender equality" (05/00), Gender in Development monograph #10. Retrieved on 08/05/07. The approach reflected in the UNDP paper is one of finding possible connections between men and women across the "patriarchal divide", as a result of the disempowerment of both (men being disempowered by other, more powerful men or men who are the victims of violent and dominant masculinity within their own patriarchy), in contrast to Connell's more unilateral approach. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCES |
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