Masculinities in mutation: a study about gender relations among university students

• Grant number: 11/04217-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2011
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Richard Miskolci Escudeiro
• Grantee: Guilherme Saade Floeter
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project intends to investigate universitary visions about masculinity (ies) through an ethnography among UFSCar undergrad students following their life at the university, in few of their fraternity houses, and also in their parties. It wants to investigate if university life changes their view about gender relations. The research wants to understand the relational dynamic in the creation of masculine identities. Based on gender studies and Queer Theory, the analysis will focus on the changing aspects of masculinity among these young guys and their possible connections to sexism and homophobia. (AU)