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dc.title	Construction and Deconstruction of Hegemonic Masculinity in The Arab of the Future 1: Youth in the Middle East (1978-1984) by Riad Sattouf
dc.contributor.author	Lo Nigro Giorgia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2021/1/construction-et-deconstruction-de-la-masculinite-h/
dc.description.abstract	Through the analysis of the graphic novel L’Arabe du future 1. Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient (1978-1985) by the Franco-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf, this contribution aims to investigate the construction of hegemonic masculinity in Gaddafi’s post-colonial Libya and Hafez al Assad’s Syria. First, this study intends to track the stages of Riad’s journey towards the achievement of hegemonic masculinity. In this context, a special focus will be laid on the construction of the mother’s character through that of the father, thereby showing how the female character takes shape from the male perspective. Second and finally, it attempts to analyse how the author implements a deconstruction path of hegemonic masculinity by using certain rhetorical devices, namely irony, stereotype repetition and the adoption of his own perspective as a child.
dc.relation.ispartof	Il Tolomeo
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 23 \| December 2021
dc.issued	2021-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2021-09-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-07-14
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-5975
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2021/23/028
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Francophone Syrian Literature
dc.subject	Francophone Syrian Literature
dc.subject	Francophone comics
dc.subject	Francophone comics
dc.subject	Gender construction
dc.subject	Gender construction
dc.subject	Hegemonic masculinity
dc.subject	Hegemonic masculinity
dc.subject	Identity deconstruction
dc.subject	Identity deconstruction
dc.subject	Riad Sattouf
dc.subject	Riad Sattouf

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Construction and Deconstruction of Hegemonic Masculinity in The Arab of the Future 1: Youth in the Middle East (1978-1984) by Riad Sattouf

Giorgia Lo Nigro Università degli Studi di Udine; Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italia

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Through the analysis of the graphic novel L’Arabe du future 1. Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient (1978-1985) by the Franco-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf, this contribution aims to investigate the construction of hegemonic masculinity in Gaddafi’s post-colonial Libya and Hafez al Assad’s Syria. First, this study intends to track the stages of Riad’s journey towards the achievement of hegemonic masculinity. In this context, a special focus will be laid on the construction of the mother’s character through that of the father, thereby showing how the female character takes shape from the male perspective. Second and finally, it attempts to analyse how the author implements a deconstruction path of hegemonic masculinity by using certain rhetorical devices, namely irony, stereotype repetition and the adoption of his own perspective as a child.

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Dec. 20, 2021

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Sept. 25, 2021

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July 14, 2021

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Keywords: Francophone Syrian Literature • Hegemonic masculinity • Identity deconstruction • Gender construction • Riad Sattouf • Francophone comics

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