“Men on the Margins: Postcolonial and Decolonial Masculinities in Anglophone Literatures”

(Kübra Özermis and Sabine Schülting)

In literature from the Anglophone and postcolonial worlds, there is a traceable increase of elaborate engagements with the portrayals of masculinities that go beyond the normative and hegemonic. They challenge traditional concepts of masculinities, and explore the impact of intersecting categories, such as race and class, on masculine hegemony and its alternative forms. At the same time, contemporary literary engagements with masculinities in the Anglophone sphere reveal a turn towards alternative, non-hegemonic forms of masculinites.

This two-day conference will explore, critically engage with, and discuss masculinities in postcolonial and decolonial texts and contexts. In particular, we will expand on how Black, Muslim, Arab, and Irish masculinities are portrayed, debated, and challenged – with queerness and non-heteronormativity posing a common theme throughout the conference.

Funded by the Women and Equal Opportunities Representative of the Department of Philosophy and the Humanities

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