像男人一样阅读:比较青少年文学中男子气概的叙述
Francisco Hernandez1, Michael Macaluso2
1St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy, Dallas, TX, United States.
Frontiers in sociology
|March 28, 2024
概括
这项研究分析了年轻人小说中的男子气概叙事. 当代书籍提供各种各样的,积极的描绘男子气概,挑战有害的"有毒男子气概"刻板印象,特别是在教育环境.
科学领域:
- 对青年成人小说的文学分析.
- 媒体中的性别研究和男性性.
- 教育心理学和青少年发展
背景情况:
- 最近的社会运动 (#MeToo, #TimesUp) 激发了关于男子气概的对话.
- "有毒男性"的概念 - - 对男性的有害,刻板印象的期望 - - 在流行话语中普遍存在.
- 流行文化,包括文学,可以使这些男性观念正常化和加强.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估三个美国年轻人小说中的男子气概叙事:之王,加比,一个女孩碎片,和亚里士多德和但丁发现宇宙的秘密.
- 分析这些文本中与男性性相关的符号,行为和意义.
- 考虑这些文学描绘对学校内外的青少年读者的影响.
主要方法:
- 批判性识字镜头应用于叙事分析.
- 对三部不同的青少年小说进行比较研究.
- 检查与性别期望和身份形成相关的主题.
主要成果:
- 当代小说 (加比,碎片中的女孩;亚里士多德和但丁发现宇宙的秘密) 呈现出多样化和肯定性的男性描绘.
- 一部传统教学的小说 (主) 提供了一个更独特的,悲观的男性的观点.
- 在所选文本中,男性表达的复杂性和积极性存在显著差异.
结论:
- 当代青年文学可以提供更健康,更多样化的男性化模式.
- 正式的学校教育在解决和解构不健康的男性规范方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 文学分析对于理解流行文化如何塑造青少年对性别的看法至关重要.
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