Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession.

Autor/in	Adamson, Maria
Titel	Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Reflexivität und die Konstruktion von konkurrierenden Diskursen über Männlichkeit in einer frauendominierten Profession.
Quelle	In: Gender, work & organization, 21 (2014) 6, S. 559-572 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-6673; 1468-0432
DOI	10.1111/gwao.12058
Schlagwörter	Soziale Identität; Wahrnehmung; Frau; Frauenberuf; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterforschung; Beratung; Geschlecht; Beruf; Berufsbild; Psychologe; Habitus; Mann; Russland
Abstract	This paper contributes to the debates on reflexivity and change by extending our understanding of (non-)reflexivity mechanisms in the discursive constructions of gender. Specifically, I explore how and why women persistently construct contradictory discursive accounts of men and masculinity in a female-dominated profession of counselling psychology in Russia. Drawing on the concept of 'interpretative repertoires' I argue that female counsellors construct different kinds of masculinities based on three 'repertoires': psycho-biological, structural and relational. I demonstrate how these constructions of masculinity are imbued with different meanings and are used to explain only certain contexts, which precludes women's ability to reflect on their contradictory nature. I conclude by discussing how an exploration of discursive (non-)reflexivity extends our understanding of the conditions for gender transformations. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/2