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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"soft masculinity"”.
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Soft Masculinity and Its Discontents in Contemporary China
The popularity of soft or effeminate idol men on screens, billboards and social media platforms in today’s China has attracted scholarly attention. Researchers repeatedly mention keywords such as cultural globalisation, modernisation, consumerism and increasing gender equality as if this is an …
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“I knew you wasn’t soft”- masculinity in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk
The focus of this study is black masculinity presented in films written and directed by Barry Jenkins, as the director’s approach to African American manhood is arguably modern and offers a new, fresh perspective. As this dissertation asserts, characters created by Jenkins are complex and not easy …