ABSTRACT

Research on ‘hegemonic masculinity’ needs to more specifically examine its hegemonic properties by analysing how masculine ideals embodied by white men have become pervasive and widely-accepted by men of colour through their voluntary compliance and consent. This paper analyses the influence of hegemonic masculinity on the lives of Japanese American men. Because they have adopted hegemonic masculinity as an idealised standard that they aspire to, but cannot attain, their subordinate masculinity is construed as inferior and effeminate, constraining their romantic power over women. Such negative assessments are shared by Japanese American women, who are also under the pervasive influence of hegemonic masculinity. In response, some Japanese American men attempt to appropriate the qualities of an idealised manliness in public performances, indicating how they continue to conceive of their masculinities in hegemonic terms. Although a few of them valorised Asian American manhood in order to challenge hegemonic conceptions, such alternative masculinities may eventually be appropriated by hegemonic masculine discourses to perpetuate pre-existing racial inequalities.

摘要

对“霸权男性气质”的研究需要通过分析白人男性所体现的男性理想如何通过有色人种的自愿服从和同意而变得普遍和广泛接受，从而更具体地检验其霸权属性。本文分析了霸权男性气质对日裔美国男性生活的影响。因为他们将霸权男性气质作为他们渴望但无法达到的理想化标准，他们的从属男性气质被解释为低劣和柔弱，限制了他们对女性的浪漫力量。日裔美国女性也有这种负面评价，她们也普遍受到霸权男子气概的影响。作为回应，一些日裔美国人试图在公开表演中挪用理想化的男子气概，表明他们如何继续以霸权的方式构想他们的男子气概。尽管他们中的一些人为了挑战霸权观念而重视亚裔美国人的男子气概，但这种另类的男性气质最终可能会被霸权男性话语所占用，以使预先存在的种族不平等永久化。