MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT)
<span lang="EN-US">This study aims at introducing a number of problems found in contemporary gender studies when it comes to the observation of the constitution of male identities and masculinities within colonial contexts. The emphasis traditionally given to the female identity alo...
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| author | Mário César Lugarinho |
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| description | <span lang="EN-US">This study aims at introducing a number of problems found in contemporary gender studies when it comes to the observation of the constitution of male identities and masculinities within colonial contexts. The emphasis traditionally given to the female identity along with its literary representations has created a “heteroeurologofalocentric” stereotype that homogenizes male identities disregarding historical and cultural contingences which make them plural. The attention to the concept of “new man”, a model required both by the Portuguese Estado Novo as by the groups who constituted the independence movements of the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries, shows that in the quest for victory ideals of masculinity, which were often away from the traditions of each alleged side, also competed.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c34ead3803d4017afb3e5a67f3b723f2022-12-21T20:32:12ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseAbril1984-20902013-04-0151059MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT)Mário César Lugarinho0Universidade de São Paulo<span lang="EN-US">This study aims at introducing a number of problems found in contemporary gender studies when it comes to the observation of the constitution of male identities and masculinities within colonial contexts. The emphasis traditionally given to the female identity along with its literary representations has created a “heteroeurologofalocentric” stereotype that homogenizes male identities disregarding historical and cultural contingences which make them plural. The attention to the concept of “new man”, a model required both by the Portuguese Estado Novo as by the groups who constituted the independence movements of the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries, shows that in the quest for victory ideals of masculinity, which were often away from the traditions of each alleged side, also competed.</span>http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/100colonialismo, masculinidades, modernidade |
| spellingShingle | Mário César Lugarinho MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) Abril colonialismo, masculinidades, modernidade |
| title | MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) |
| title_full | MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) |
| title_fullStr | MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) |
| title_full_unstemmed | MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) |
| title_short | MASCULINITY AND COLONIALISM: TOWARDS THE "NEW MAN" (SUBSIDIES FOR GENDER AND POST-COLONIAL STUDIES IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CONTEXT) |
| title_sort | masculinity and colonialism towards the new man subsidies for gender and post colonial studies in portuguese language context |
| topic | colonialismo, masculinidades, modernidade |
| url | http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/100 |
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