Things always leak out of everything else – the sham of ‘masculinity’ and the dissolving of ‘subjectivities’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12331102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akinyi Margareta Ocholla (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-58 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agenda (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1013-0950 • E-ISSN: 2158-978X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10130950.2014.872905 |
| OpenAlex | W1519766048 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this perspective I use memory work, inspiration, frustration, conversation and theorising to poke holes in the traditional concept of ‘masculinity’ (and ‘femininity’). I aim to show, through a combination of theorising on ‘leakiness’ (through Margrit Shildrick), ‘subjectivity’ (through Shildrick, Lacan, Ahmed, Irigaray, Deleuze and Guattari) and ‘masculinity’ (and ‘femininity’) through Butler and Freud, that the latter are self-perpetuating illusions or shams. The article starts off with an alternative feminist version of The Lord's Prayer – a source of strength and inspiration. It then goes on to describe ‘leakiness of bodies – sensations and connections’ and theories around ‘subjectivity’. Here I combine a review of theories with poetry and memory work, and question people's sense of individuality and ‘subjectivity’ through examples of fleeting connectedness. Thereafter I analyse a short excerpt of a conversation on ‘masculinity’. Finally I posit that in order that we may free ourselves of the cages that are ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’, we need to consciously accept and expose them for what they are: shams
Aesthetics · Conversation · Epistemology · Femininity · Masculinity · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subjectivity · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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