Yet I’m Still a Man”
Disability and Masculinity in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Series
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Tarnowski (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-98 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.49.1.007 |
| OpenAlex | W2939829421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines three fantasies concerning representations of disability and masculinity within George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Specifically, I argue that within the fictional realm of Westeros, the treatment of Tyrion and Jaime Lannister reveals the cultural fantasies that influence how male characters with disabilities are defined, perceived, and treated by normate (non-disabled) characters. Tyrion and Jaime both subscribe to and challenge Westerosi fantasies that are projected onto individuals with disabilities—namely, the notion that individuals with disabilities are grotesque or monstrous, the belief that disability is a marker of immorality or divine punishment, and the stereotype that individuals who are disabled are emasculated or impotent. All of these cultural fantasies influence the marginalized status and positionality of characters like Tyrion and Jaime, and reveal normates’ anxieties concerning both bodily fragility and the maintenance of the hegemonic status of normate embodiment
Epistemology · George (robot · Immorality · Masculinity · Morality · Psychoanalysis · Realm · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Short Stories in Global Literature · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |