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Discuss the contention that postmodern culture and post modern living arrangements are diverse, fluid and unresolved, and heterorelations are no longer as hegemonic as they once were?
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Discuss the contention that postmodern culture and post modern living arrangements are diverse, fluid and unresolved, and heterorelations are no longer as hegemonic as they once were? The mid 1980's saw the beginning of masculinity in its own right becoming a key focus of sociological interest. The exploration into masculinity by many cultural commentators focuses on shifts in male values, feelings, aspirations and behaviour in order to understand contemporary masculinities. Central to such studies is observations of the 'new man', the 'modern romantic', the 'new father', the 'soft lad' and 'the macho man'. Frank Mort's study; Boy's Own- Masculinity, style and popular culture, highlights the view that the surfaces of lads are changing and the way in which lads carry their masculinity is much more fluid. (Mort) This notion of individuality is said to be incited through a rise in commodities and consumer display. Also with the rise of advertisement and...
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