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Images of Masculinity in "Dying City" by Christopher Shinn

Name: Images of Masculinity in "Dying City" by Christopher Shinn
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Author: Franziska Sittig
ISBN: 9783346639264

Seminar Paper, 2021

8 Pages, Grade: 2.7

Franziska Sittig (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

The term paper analyses how the play “Dying City” by Christopher Shinn takes up the picture of stoic, cliché masculinity, and shows how some characteristic features can easily convert into toxic masculinity.

Masculinity is often a term not easy to define. In recent times, the popular opinion has tended to consider masculinity to be more sensitive and emphatic – a man shows strength if he allows himself to be weak. This progressive view is fundamentally different to the John-Wayne-like picture – strength, heroism and fighting spirit – which defined the life of so many men, especially some decades ago and even in the present day.

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Title: Images of Masculinity in "Dying City" by Christopher Shinn
College: University of Heidelberg (Anglistik)
Grade: 2.7
Author: Franziska Sittig (Author)
Year: 2021
Pages: 8
Catalog Number: V1195220
ISBN (eBook): 9783346639264
Language: English
Notes: Diese wissenschaftliche Seminararbeit befasst sich mit dem Phänomen der toxischen Maskulinität –dem Stereotyp eines starken Mannes á la John Wayne, eines heroischen Helden, der für das Gute kämpft –und wie es im zeitgenössischen US-Theaterstück "Dying City" von Christopher Shinn thematisiert wird.
Keywords: images, masculinity, dying, city, christopher, shinn

Quote paper: Franziska Sittig (Author), 2021, Images of Masculinity in "Dying City" by Christopher Shinn, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1195220

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