Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East
This paper explores the concept of being and performing masculinity in Karim Raslan’s short story Go East. Torn between being a man in his own terms and performing socially endorsed masculine roles and sexual desires, the protagonist, Mahmud, negotiates and transgresses gender borders, resulting in...
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| description | This paper explores the concept of being and performing
masculinity in Karim Raslan’s short story Go East. Torn between being a man in his own terms and performing socially endorsed masculine roles and sexual desires, the protagonist, Mahmud, negotiates and transgresses gender borders, resulting in his inability to sexually perform with women and incapacity for emotional and physical intimacy with men. Yet, he overcomes his impotence through heterosexual intercourse
despite imagining making love to men. |
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| spelling | unimas-113242023-10-11T06:54:27Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11324/ Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East Collin, Jerome HM Sociology This paper explores the concept of being and performing masculinity in Karim Raslan’s short story Go East. Torn between being a man in his own terms and performing socially endorsed masculine roles and sexual desires, the protagonist, Mahmud, negotiates and transgresses gender borders, resulting in his inability to sexually perform with women and incapacity for emotional and physical intimacy with men. Yet, he overcomes his impotence through heterosexual intercourse despite imagining making love to men. Institute Of Research And Community Outreach - Petra Christian University 2008 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11324/1/Collin%20Jerome.pdf Collin, Jerome (2008) Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East. k@ta, 10 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1411-2639 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43330647_Being_and_performing_the_masculinity_in_Karim_Raslan%27s_Go_East doi: 10.9744/kata.10.1.1-13 |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Collin, Jerome Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title | Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title_full | Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title_fullStr | Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title_short | Being and performing the masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East |
| title_sort | being and performing the masculinity in karim raslan's go east |
| topic | HM Sociology |
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