Call for Papers Men on the Margins Postcolonial and Decolonial Masculinities in Anglophone Literatures 20-21 June 2025 Freie Universität Berlin Institute for English Language and Literature Current debates about intersectionality tend to focus on the intersections between race and marginalised gender identities, such as femininity, trans*ness and nonbinariness. Masculinities, however, often remain in the realms of normativity and invisibility, although
» Read moreCassandra S. Tully de Lope | Routledge Studies in Irish Literature This book addresses Irish identity in Irish literature, especially masculinity in some of its forms through an interdisciplinary methodology. The study of language performance through literary analysis and corpus studies will enable readers to approach literary texts from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, to take advantage of the texts’
» Read moreThe life that God desires men live: visions of masculinity in post-revolutionary global Ireland, 1923-1968 Full Details: CLICK HERE Following the Irish Revolution, the heteronormative masculine ideal was valorised; an ideal which compromised both the pious Catholic and the virile warrior-hero, while women’s and LGBTQ rights stagnated. Despite this, masculinities remain a relatively nascent subject in Irish studies. In this
» Read moreBy examining portrayals of male homosociality in Sally Rooney’s novels, the book documents how male relationships are formed, challenged, and often disavowed and the profound negative effects this can have for the wellbeing of men. The book also highlights the importance of the sociocultural context within which male relationships are formed and supports that the potential for healthy and meaningful
» Read moreBy Tony Tracy | Suny Press White Cottage, White House examines how Classical Hollywood cinema developed and deployed Irish American masculinities to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in midcentury America. Largely confined to discriminatory stereotypes during the silent era, Irish American male characters emerge as a favored identity with the introduction of sound, positioned in a variety of roles as mediators
» Read moreEdited by: Michaela Schrage-Früh, Tony Tracy Exploring the shifting representations of older men from the early twentieth century to the present, the contributors analyse how a broad range of literary and visual texts construct, reinscribe, or challenge perceptions of older age. In doing so, they trace a shift from depictions of authority figures – often symbolising patriarchal dominance and oppression
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