The Many Faced Masculinities in A Game of Thrones

Year 2018, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 479 - 497, 30.12.2018

Cenk Tan

Abstract

A Game of Thrones is a stunning medieval fantasy which tells the story of the immense struggle for power in an ancient world named ‘The Seven Kingdoms’. It was originally written as a series of novels by the American author George R. R. Martin in 1996 and adapted to the TV screen by HBO in 2011. The series has completed its sixth season and is scheduled to go on for a total of eight seasons. Since its first broadcast in 2011, A Game of Thrones has attracted millions of viewers on a global scale and has received a total of 38 Emmy Awards. In A Game of Thrones, gender is one of the central themes, as power relations generally evolve around different gender roles. This study analyses masculinity in A Game of Thrones and the different types of masculinities which are identified through various male and female characters. This classification places all of the characters in two distinct gender categories. It also reveals the impact of these diverse forms of masculinities on the lives of the main characters and the general storyline of the production. Thus, the paper deconstructs the constructed masculinities in A Game of Thrones by exposing their representation through the main characters.

Keywords

A Game of Thrones, Masculinity, Raewyn Connell, Gender Roles, Cultural Studies

Game of Thrones’da Çok Yüzlü Erkeklik Türleri

Abstract

A Game of Thrones, Yedi Krallık olarak adlandırılan antik bir dünyada iktidar mücadelesini anlatan eşsiz bir fantastik ortaçağ hikâyesidir. İlk kez 1996’da Amerikalı yazar George R. R. Martin tarafından roman serisi olarak yazılan eser, HBO şirketi tarafından 2011 yılında televizyona uyarlanmıştır. Altıncı sezonunu bitiren dizinin sekiz sezonda tamamlanacağı duyurulmuştur. 2011’deki ilk yayımlanışından beri milyonlarca izleyiciyi kendine bağlayan dizi toplamda 38 Emmy ödülüne layık görülmüştür. A Game of Thrones’ta cinsiyet ana temalardan biridir, çünkü iktidar mücadeleleri çeşitli cinsiyet rollerinin etrafında sürdürülmektedir. Bu makale A Game of Thrones’ta erkeklik kavramını ve karakterlerde gözlenen çeşitli erkeklik modellerini analiz etmektedir. Sınıflandırma tüm karakterleri iki farklı cinsiyet kategorisine göre konumlandırmaktadır. Bu erkeklik tasvirlerinin, karakterlerin gelişimine ve kurgunun genel seyrine etkisini de mercek altında almaktadır. Böylece ana karakterlerde temsil bulan erkeklik türlerinin yapı sökümüne uğratılarak, gerçek kimliklerinin açığa çıkarılması hedeflenmektedir.

Keywords

Game of Thrones, Erkeklik, Raewyn Connell, Cinsiyet Rolleri, Kültürel İncelemele

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