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The Sexualization of Masculinity: Representations of Ideal Masculinity in Physical Culture Magazines and the Possibility of a Male Homosocial Continuum

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26350796
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sports science
Research InstitutionKanto Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Okada Kei  関東学院大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (90386657)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords男性性 / マスキュリニティ / マンリネス / ホモソーシャリティ / セクシュアリティ / 身体 / フィジカル・カルチャー / ヘテロノーマティヴィティ / フィジーク誌 / ボディービル / 男性ジェンダー / 身体文化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The momentum of the (hetero)sexualization of masculinity was analyzed through physical culture magazines published from the 1930s-80s in the United States. The analysis revealed the following results: From the 1930s-50s, the ideal of masculinity was not yet hetero-sexualized and exemplified a broad range of desire which was not yet segregated as hetero/homosexual; From the 1950s-60s, PC magazines started to exclude non-heterosexual elements from their representations. The reason for the hetero-sexualization of PC magazines was a reaction to the increasing presence of homosexuals. It could be said that the rise of heterosexual self-consciousness itself was paradoxically caused by the creation and increasing awareness of homosexual identity. Moreover, these changes in the masculine ideal, and especially the examples before the 1950s, suggest the possibility of a homosocial continuum - namely, homosociality without discontinuity between homosocial and homosexual desire.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] The sexualization of masculinity: idealized representations in American physical culture magazines (1930s-1980s) and the possibility of a male homosocial continuum2016

    • Author(s)
      岡田桂
    • Journal Title

      Taiikugaku kenkyu (Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences)

      Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Pages: 197-216

    • DOI

      10.5432/jjpehss.15110

    • NAID

      130005157243

    • ISSN
      0484-6710, 1881-7718
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 性をめぐるアリーナ:スポーツにおける男性優位主義とホモノーマティヴな男性性2015

    • Author(s)
      岡田桂
    • Journal Title

      現代スポーツ評論

      Volume: 33 Pages: 81-90

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 新たなスポーツ・マスキュリニティ研究に向けて2017

    • Author(s)
      岡田 桂
    • Organizer
      日本スポーツ社会学会第26回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      信州大学教育学部(長野県長野市)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] セクシュアリティ化される男性性2015

    • Author(s)
      岡田桂
    • Organizer
      スポーツとジェンダー学会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学 駿河台キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] クィアと法2017

    • Author(s)
      綾部ほか編
    • Publisher
      法律文化社
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 21世紀スポーツ大事典2015

    • Author(s)
      中村 敏雄、高橋 健夫、 寒川 恒夫、 友添 秀則編集
    • Total Pages
      1378
    • Publisher
      大修館書店
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 比較文化事典2015

    • Author(s)
      関東学院大学比較文化学科編
    • Total Pages
      246
    • Publisher
      明石書店
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ヴィクトリア朝文化の諸相2014

    • Author(s)
      上野、大東、塚田、丹羽編著
    • Total Pages
      256
    • Publisher
      彩流社
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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