The Role of Comic Books in Promoting 'Masculinity'

Universität PotsdamInstitut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikSeminar: The Graphic Novelteacher: Dr. A. DunstSommersemester 2012The Portayal of Masculinity in Comic Books:A comparison of the characters The Comedian and Nite Owl from Alan Moores WatchmenDavid BosseNogatstr. 52Martikelnummer:762746Email:dbosse@uni-potsdam.de2. FachsemesterB.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik jüdische Studien This paper has the purpose to explain what masculinity is and furthermore to show briefly, how this canvass is seen in modern society and how it changed during the subsist decades. The emphasize dedicate be on that change and which part comic books and bright novels such as Watchmen by Alan Moore play and played in this, because they do and always have promoted a certain masculinity finish out the 20th century. When talking of comic books, superhero-comics are meant. During the farthermost 20 years, the term masculinity and the question: What is masculine? has not overly bothered more and mo re adolescents still also scholars. how for forever how is this defined and why is this term more present than ever? First off, there are different definitions. When consulting the online version of Websters rational lexicon it says, amongst other things:having qualities appropriate to or usually associated with a slash.

This is a pretty ambiguous and not very satisfying, however it gives one a hint of how this term is genially and culturally biased and bound, because in general, masculinity is associated with everything that is man-like. Furthermore, it is important to say that the gender identity (which is i n position masculinity/ muliebrity) is dif! ferent from ones biological sex. It is thus a brotherly and cultural construct. gender identity has also to be discriminated from gender attitudes (which is basically how one has to authorise in regard to his/her gender identity) and gender-roles (which is basically how one has to be in regard of his/her gender identity). We now understand that womanhood and...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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