Man föds inte till man, man blir det : En undersökning av maskuliniteten i James Joyce A Portait of the Artist as a Young Man

• Main Author: Holberg, Maria
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för kultur och estetik 2015
• Subjects: masculinity; gender; homosocial desire; hegemony
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-137941

The purpose of this essayis to find out how masculinity, based in Raewyn Connells theoriesabout hegemonic,subordinated, complicitand marginalized masculinities,is constructed in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Stephen Dedalus, Joyce’s alter ego, is the main object for the analysis.It becomesclear that there aretwomaintypes of hegemonic masculinity, one very strict and disciplined among the priests in the Jesuitschools Stephen attends to, and one of a more intellectualkind at the University.The strong influence from the Catholic church in Ireland is however noticeable in every context Stephen presentshimself. Also, there areseveral examples of subordination, complicity and marginalization among the men in the novel.