2008 Woodie Awards
Filling out that flannel suit
Brynna Geisler-Locke
Issue date: 2/19/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
Pressure put on gender roles and expectations have plagued every society in history.
Often, these societal expectations are in flux, and those forced to adhere to these strict roles come in conflict with them. For today's modern man, this is an incredibly real issue that they themselves are wrestling with.
Mothers teach their sons to be gentlemen while at the same time, fathers instill in their sons that they are expected to be strong, brave and protective.
Clearly, no healthy vision of masculinity can be gathered from forcing men to exist in absolutes.
This is precisely what Dr. Jüergen Martschukat will be speaking about .0on Tues., Feb. 19.
The event will be held in Stevenson Hall, room 1002, at 12 p.m., and is sponsored by the Center for Culture, Gender, and Sexuality.
Martschukat's lecture, "Men in Gray Flannel Suits: Gender, Families and Social Order in America after World War II" attempts to convey a careful analysis of the rigid social structures men have had to adhere to since the last great war.
Martschukat has taught a multiple universities, including as a history professor at Erfurt University in Germany.
Last year he was awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
No stranger to the subject, Martschukat has studied American gender roles for years.
While his original area of interest was the death penalty in the United States and the of violence surrounding death row inmates, it has led his studies towards the evolution of masculinity in the U.S.
Currently, he's working on a history of fatherhood in the United States, a subject that his lecture will dive into great detail about.
The very name "Men in Gray Flannel Suits" is a reference to the interchangeable male role models of the 50's and much of Martschukat's research begins with this concept.
Although men were typically the head of families, the role models for men were still transposable and unremarkable.
Often, these societal expectations are in flux, and those forced to adhere to these strict roles come in conflict with them. For today's modern man, this is an incredibly real issue that they themselves are wrestling with.
Mothers teach their sons to be gentlemen while at the same time, fathers instill in their sons that they are expected to be strong, brave and protective.
Clearly, no healthy vision of masculinity can be gathered from forcing men to exist in absolutes.
This is precisely what Dr. Jüergen Martschukat will be speaking about .0on Tues., Feb. 19.
The event will be held in Stevenson Hall, room 1002, at 12 p.m., and is sponsored by the Center for Culture, Gender, and Sexuality.
Martschukat's lecture, "Men in Gray Flannel Suits: Gender, Families and Social Order in America after World War II" attempts to convey a careful analysis of the rigid social structures men have had to adhere to since the last great war.
Martschukat has taught a multiple universities, including as a history professor at Erfurt University in Germany.
Last year he was awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
No stranger to the subject, Martschukat has studied American gender roles for years.
While his original area of interest was the death penalty in the United States and the of violence surrounding death row inmates, it has led his studies towards the evolution of masculinity in the U.S.
Currently, he's working on a history of fatherhood in the United States, a subject that his lecture will dive into great detail about.
The very name "Men in Gray Flannel Suits" is a reference to the interchangeable male role models of the 50's and much of Martschukat's research begins with this concept.
Although men were typically the head of families, the role models for men were still transposable and unremarkable.