Black Aeneas: Race, English Literary History, and the "Barbarous" Poetics of &lt;i&gt;Titus Andronicus&lt;/i&gt;

Sale, Carolyn

doi:10.1353/shq.2011.0001

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“…Work on racial difference has emphasized the performed and constructed nature of both race and gender in the period. Rather than taking Moorish difference as a given, studies such as those by Emily Bartels and Carolyn Sale complicate our understanding of how early modern plays work to construct moors as barbaric beasts rather than civilized men. This work does not assume Moorish manhood as the index of difference against which English and classical manhood are defined but demonstrates the complicated ways that Moorish masculinity operates as one among many forms of masculine identity.…”

Section: Masculinity At the Margins: Masculinity Studies Todaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Shakespeare and Masculinity

Feather

2015

Literature Compass

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The peculiar challenge posed by studying Shakespearean masculinity is its resistance to inquiry. Patriarchal ideologies function precisely by taking a specific form of male power, the power of the father, as neutral, given and, therefore, not an available object of study. Scholars have faced this challenge by examining masculinity at those very moments when it falters and fractures. The study of Shakespeare's male characters has an extensive history, and for much of that history, these characters were interesting and significant because they told us something about mankind, about human beings in general. Examining masculinity rather than men, scholars rethought the study of maleness as a feminist project and made a fertile space for historical study that draws out the contours of manliness in all its historical specificities. Such study lays the groundwork for new analyses that interrogate the association between masculine attributes and culturally valued forms of self. These analyses do more than simply question the dominance of men but propose alternative ideas of the masculine and alternative forms of human flourishing.

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Section: Masculinity At the Margins: Masculinity Studies Todaymentioning

confidence: 99%