Retrofitting Frontier Masculinity for Alaska's War Against Wolves  

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Anahita, Sine ; Mix, Tamara L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Gender and society; vol. 20 no. 03 (Jun. 2006), page 332-353.
Topik: Alaska; aerial wolf control; gendered state; retro frontier masculinity; wildlife policies; wolves
Fulltext: 332.pdf (146.42KB)

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The state of Alaska has a complex historical relationship with its wild wolf packs. The authors expand Connell’s concept of frontier masculinity to interpret articles from the Anchorage Daily News as an alternative way to understand Alaska’s shifting wolf policies. Originally, state policies were shaped by frontier masculinity and characterized by claims of sportsmen’s rights to kill wolves. With the reinstitution of an aggressive wolf-eradication project, Alaska policy makers retooled frontier masculinity. This altered form of masculinity, retro frontier masculinity, is constructed at the state level and deploys new strategic emphases: vilifying opponents as feminized sissies, casting wolf hunters as paternalist protectors, reifying the masculine family provider role, and framing the issue as fundamentally about competition.

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