title: Failing Masculinity at the Club: A Poststructural Alternative to Intoxication Feminism.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen K , Denmark.
authors.forename: Sidsel Kirstine
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D019513:Feminism; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: club land; drugs; embodiment; masculinity; poststructuralism; sexuality; youth