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Black American fraternity men’s negotiations of hegemonic masculinity

French translation: Comment les hommes noirs membres de fraternités abordent la masculinité hégémonique

19:49 Jul 20, 2015
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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Feminism
English term or phrase: Black American fraternity men’s negotiations of hegemonic masculinity
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Mélodie Roussel
Canada
Local time: 13:18
French translation:Comment les hommes noirs membres de fraternités abordent la masculinité hégémonique
Explanation:
Here, I think "fraternity" should not be read in its wider, abstract sense, but in the sense of "fraternal organisation" or "confraternities", such as those favoured by US students.
Also, "negotiate" is in the sense of "negotiate their way", "deal with".
There is also a difference in my view between "hegemonic masculinity", i.e. dominant view of the nature and the role of men, and "masculine hegemony" which is the fact that society (or any other domain) is dominated by men.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2015-07-21 09:40:51 GMT)
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Erratum: As Sheri points out, it would be:
"Comment les hommes noirs membres de fraternités aux Etats-Unis abordent la masculinité hégémonique
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AbrahamS
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:18
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black american fraternity men’s negotiations of hegemonic masculinity
Comment les hommes noirs membres de fraternités abordent la masculinité hégémonique


Explanation:
Here, I think "fraternity" should not be read in its wider, abstract sense, but in the sense of "fraternal organisation" or "confraternities", such as those favoured by US students.
Also, "negotiate" is in the sense of "negotiate their way", "deal with".
There is also a difference in my view between "hegemonic masculinity", i.e. dominant view of the nature and the role of men, and "masculine hegemony" which is the fact that society (or any other domain) is dominated by men.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2015-07-21 09:40:51 GMT)
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Erratum: As Sheri points out, it would be:
"Comment les hommes noirs membres de fraternités aux Etats-Unis abordent la masculinité hégémonique

AbrahamS
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:18
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: without context it's pointless guessing - it could as well be one particular "fraternity of black men" or "the fraternity of all black men" or ... same for deciding what kind of "hegemony"it could be without seeing a word of the text...
2 hrs
  -> I'm all for context, the more the better. Still, words have a meaning, and sociological studies are not written in a vacuum. BTW, without context, how can you know that you disagree?
agree  Sheri P: I agree with your interpretation of the title. You forgot the 'américains' bit, though :-)
6 hrs
  -> Oops! You're right. Thanks!
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