Citation

Munn J. Men Masc. 2008; 10(4): 440-456.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1097184X07306744

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The article addresses the link between manhood and nationhood in postconflict Kosova. Albanian Kosovars, like many "traditionally" patriarchal societies, have constructed identities of the patriotic man and the exalted childbearing woman as icons of national survival. These designated identities often negate the realities of war-affected communities. The gendered places of man and woman in political reality are marred by the traumatic events of conflict and postconflict life. By thinking about the masculine microcultures of nation building (daily life), especially the construction of over-sexed and under-sexed individuals (i.e., the soldier) and the promiscuous enemies within (i.e., the female rape victim), there develops a connection between monoracial and heterosexual preserves and the need for this society to hold onto the traditional vision of man, at least until there is the political union of nation and state.