Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Sociol Health Illn. 2021 Sep;43(8):1851-1866. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13359. Epub 2021 Aug 16.
The subject of sleep has been receiving increasing attention in multiple arenas over the past decades, including in the social sciences and the media. However, only a few empirical studies have investigated how sleep is constructed within and by media discourses, and also whether and how these discourses are gendered. The present article explores how two popular lifestyle magazines, Men's Health and Women's Health, construct sleep. The analysis of online articles reveals that both magazines constitute sleep as a form of body work that enhances bodily capital, but they do so in gendered ways that reinforce patriarchal norms and expectations. This study shows that the magazines' discourse supports the neoliberal project, while also highlighting the malleability and adaptability of neoliberal discourses. The conclusion is that the ways in which the magazines' discourse constructs sleep might deepen both gender and class inequalities.
在过去几十年中，睡眠这一主题在多个领域受到了越来越多的关注，包括社会科学和媒体领域。然而，只有少数实证研究调查了睡眠是如何在媒体话语中被构建的，以及这些话语是否以及如何具有性别特征。本文探讨了两本流行的生活方式杂志《男性健康》和《女性健康》如何构建睡眠。对在线文章的分析表明，这两本杂志都将睡眠构建为一种增强身体资本的身体工作形式，但它们是以强化父权制规范和期望的性别化方式来这样做的。这项研究表明，这些杂志的话语支持新自由主义项目，同时也凸显了新自由主义话语的可塑和适应性。结论是，杂志话语构建睡眠的方式可能会加深性别和阶级不平等。
