It is to make a statement to the entire planet that it will either remain a part of an antiquated, out-of-touch and narrow scope view of the world that reigns with cultural hegemonic views of greatness, or declare the United States is now prepared to move into a more enlightened, forward-looking, connected, and culturally competent understanding about the balance of power.
From the very start, the Brazilian press and art establishment were critical of that choice, and remain so, even though Mr. Hug, a German, has made it clear that his is anything but a typical "hegemonic Eurocentric view" of art.
This point of view that centered on the US hegemonic position in the Asian economic development and integration also leads to an adaptation of the "flying geese" model.
Today, however, it is clear that industry no longer holds such a hegemonic position.
Russians are found to strongly support a key component of Putin's national idea, the strong state, and their views accord with the hegemonic leadership position assumed by Putin.
Social representations theory enables us to view hegemonic and other masculinities as continually in the making, providing a theoretical space for us to consider ways in which masculinities might be contested and transformed in specific settings.
It was rare, in the context of these all-male discussions at least, for younger men in particular to critically examine their views on hegemonic masculinity and reflect on how these may have interfered with engaging in recommended health practices unless this met with their group's collective representation of masculine identity.
If marriage is viewed as a hegemonic institution defining appropriate behavior for both married and unmarried people, the growing acceptance of cohabitation and other marital alternatives offers solid support for the deinstitutionalization of marriage.
The practices of shared parenting dyads were viewed as challenging hegemonic masculinity, and were accompanied by ambivalent or protest femininities in the case of reluctant fathers; however, when members of a shared dyad embraced new fatherhood practices, we found less evidence of such gender relations.
