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Intertwined Refractions: The Mutual Constitution of Gender Style and Class Fraction in a De‐Industrializing Australian Town
Author(s) -
Uhlmann Allon J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the royal anthropological institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1467-9655
pISSN - 1359-0987
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9655.00072
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , constitution , class (philosophy) , working class , gender studies , sociology , geography , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , archaeology , politics
Based on fieldwork among urban working‐class Australians, I divide the dominated class into two fractions, dominated and dominant, and use this as a basis for analysis of the multiple gender styles which have been observed in working‐class Australia. I argue that masculine style and class‐fraction location are mutually constitutive. I also explain why feminine style is not as diverse as masculine style, nor is the location of women within working‐class fractions as definite as that of men. Finally, I suggest that not only within the working class, but also between classes, gender style and class location are mutually constitutive.