Male nurses in Singapore : a case study in understanding masculinity

• Main Author: Chee, Eliane Soek Ping.
• Other Authors: Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48233
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This Graduation Project examines male nurses and the construction of their masculinity. In particular, I explore how male nurses “do” gender (West and Zimmerman 1987). How they construct, negotiate and maintain their masculinity. My findings show that male nurses’ masculinity is shaped by institu...