Abstract
This study focused on the role of hegemonic masculinities in children’s picture books. Chiefly, marginalized and subordinated masculinities are highlighted to investigate their relationships with dominant and complicit masculinities. This was done under a feminist reading of patriarchy and the connection between patriarchy and masculinities. Utilizing a critical discourse analysis framework, the author problematizes the personal transformation of the protagonists in three children’s picture books. The personal transformation attends to the masculine subject on an individual level, but fails to address how hegemonic masculinities and patriarchy operate at a discursive and corporeal level. Suggestions are made from the findings on promoting new ways of addressing gender inequities in the U.S.
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Taylor, Nathan N.
(2019)
"Hegemonic Masculinities and Children’s Picture Books,"
Journal of Research Initiatives: Vol. 4:
Iss.
2, Article 11.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/jri/vol4/iss2/11
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