مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 7, Numéro 7, Pages 218-233
2022-11-10
Masculinities Under Threat: How Modernist Authors Portray Male Protagonists With Absurd Masculine Roles
Authors : Laradji Fatima-zohra .
Abstract
In recent years, increased attention has been drawn to the relationship between men and masculinity. Indeed, men’s constructions of masculinity are diverse and complex with significant variations across cultural, ethnics, religious and political contexts. A substantial body of literature has emerged proposing that the powerful construction of masculinity exists to perpetuate the image of men as strong, independent and self-reliant participants. Those participants have to reserve and preserve their masculinities from any deconstructive threat. Unfortunately, most modern males do hold perceptions which critically contradict with the standard norms of masculinity. The present article, however, tends to analyze, define and identify the dynamic conditions which challenge the accurate construction and development of masculine identities. It aims to shed lights on the disturbing conditions which urge most males to perform absurd masculine performances. These performances may forcibly lead to distort their traditional masculinities due to the falsified male insertions. The recent construction of masculinity exists to be fulfilled with unsupported male traits. Such traits lead to devalue the masculine presence. In general, this article investigates the threatening conditions which lead to deconstruct the masculine identity.
Keywords
masculinity ; male performance ; gender role ; identity ; subversion
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