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http://dx.doi.org/10.17477/jcea.2020.19.2.104

Not Leather Boots but Dress Shoes: White-Collar Masculinity and the Far-Right Movement  

Yoshida, Yutaka (Department of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester)
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Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia / v.19, no.2, 2020 , pp. 104-124 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper investigates whether white-collar masculinity can play a role in the life of a far-right activist. The current study employs the methods of psychosocial analysis devised by Wendy Hollway and Tony Jefferson. Using the case of a Japanese far-right activist, it explores how the hegemony and decline of "salaryman masculinity" in Japan interacted with his life. It draws attention to the suffering of white-collar men in their struggle to comply with hegemonic masculinity. These men's suffering tends to be overlooked due to their stable socio-economic status, but it can potentially play a role in their investment in far-right discourse.
Keywords
masculinity; far-right; psychosocial analysis; shame; Japan;
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