<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Based on a qualitative study on heterosexual female breadwinner couples, this article investigates milieu-specific coping strategies vis-à-vis conditions of precariousness and insecure employment. Against the background of the decline of the male breadwinner model, the study especially focuses on the transformations of masculinity. The article develops the thesis that an “artistic” self-image functions as a specific coping mechanism in the individualized milieu of the educated urban upper middle class.</p></abstract>

Based on a qualitative study on heterosexual female breadwinner couples, this article investigates milieu-specific coping strategies vis-à-vis conditions of precariousness and insecure employment. Against the background of the decline of the male breadwinner model, the study especially focuses on the transformations of masculinity. The article develops the thesis that an “artistic” self-image functions as a specific coping mechanism in the individualized milieu of the educated urban upper middle class.

The Artist as a Contemporary Pattern of Masculinity. Milieu-specific Strategies of Coping with Precariousness

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Based on a qualitative study on heterosexual female breadwinner couples, this article investigates milieu-specific coping strategies vis-à-vis conditions of...

The Artist as a Contemporary Pattern of Masculinity. Milieu-specific Strategies of Coping with Precariousness

Published Online: May 29, 2017

Page range: 335 - 356

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0018

Keywords
precariousness, social milieus, artists, gender relations, masculinity

© 2017 Sarah Speck, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Artist as a Contemporary Pattern of Masculinity. Milieu-specific Strategies of Coping with Precariousness

Published Online: May 29, 2017

Page range: 335 - 356

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0018

Keywordsprecariousness, social milieus, artists, gender relations, masculinity

© 2017 Sarah Speck, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
precariousness, social milieus, artists, gender relations, masculinity