“Where are the tlawmngai Zo/Mizo men?” Gendered living spaces and Masculinity codes
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2021
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University of North Bengal
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In order to address the gender disparities that exist in developing
societies, it is necessary to have an understanding of gendered spaces.
Institutions, both formal and informal, frequently play a role in determining how
a society’s resources, freedoms, and privileges are distributed among its
members. This research investigates the matrices of men’s public visibility in
relation to the tlawmngaihna code in order to get a better understanding of the
pressures that men face in societies that have strong gender norms. The research
does this by looking at the world through the lens of men and masculinities. Both
the machismo of politics and the edicts of the Nexus of Patriarchy place
constraints on the naturalness of men and their capacity to connect with the
natural world. The conventional masculine members of the Zo and Mizo ethnic
group are reimagined as exemplars of ecologically responsible perfection.
Despite this, members of the community and outside observers continue to
question their visibility, asking, “Where are the tlawmngai Zo/Mizo men?”
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2320-3625