Radeloze helden / De verbeelding van mannelijkheid in literatuur en film
Meijer, Maaike
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- Author
- Meijer, Maaike
- Publisher
- Atlas Contact
- ISBN
- 9789045048796
- Language
- Dutch
- Condition notes
- 2023, 256 pp, paperback
- Category
- Textbooks › Emancipation
About this book
After decades of writing about the portrayal of women in cultural history, Maaike Meijer decided to give literature, films and TV series by male creators – featuring male protagonists – another chance. And what she found there surprised her: it is teeming with stories centred on a distinct anti-hero, who stands in stark contrast to the prevailing societal image of masculinity. Meijer does not regard these stories as universal, but specifically as ‘men’s stories’, and opens up new perspectives on ‘the male question’. Among others, she re-reads Melville, Wolkers, Te Gussinklo, Hermans and Houellebecq, and looks at ‘Casablanca’, ‘The Power of the Dog’, ‘Dolor y Gloria’, ‘The Big Lebowski’, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and TV series such as ‘Borgen’ and ‘The Queen’s Gambit’. She rewrites Freudian narratives about castration anxiety and penis envy, explores her own relationship with gender fluidity, describes the masculinity within herself, and examines male suffering with a perspective that is as critical as it is empathetic