Failing masculinity at the club: A post-structural alternative to intoxication feminism

Sidsel Kirstine Harder; Jakob Johan Demant

doi:10.3109/10826084.2015.978617

Failing masculinity at the club: A post-structural alternative to intoxication feminism

Sidsel Kirstine Harder, Jakob Johan Demant

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Abstract

With a starting point in women's studies, this article moves on to approach the nightclub as a place of embodiment for both genders by introducing neo-Lacanian insights combined with Baudrillardian concepts. We look at three young drug-experienced men interviewed for a Danish club study (2008-09). The article examines how the risks of losing masculinity, losing sexual opportunities, and losing friends are managed in nightlife. Since masculinity becomes invested in the fantasy of the drug and the utopian party, these young men can be perceived as risking their male position when the party does not work out as planned.

Original language	Danish
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	50
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	759–767
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1082-6084
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.978617
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015

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