Ötekileştirilen Siyahi Erkek: Afro-Amerikan Lezbiyen Erotik Kurgularda Erkeklik İmajı

Year 2015, Issue: 3, 35 - 54, 01.02.2015

Gloria Gadsden

Abstract

Afro-Amerikan erkeğin inşası, yeniden inşası ve yapı sökümüne dair argumanlar oldukça fazladır. Özellikle, hiperseksüelite, işsizlik, suça ve şiddete yatkınlıklarına dair tartışmalar uzun süredir devam etmektedir. Bununla beraber, araştırmacılar Afro-Amerikan erkeklerin Amerika’da siyahi kadınlık kavramlarına katkı yaptığı yolları araştırmaktalar. Siyahi erkekler, anne imajından kötü kadın imajına, siyahi kadınların rolleri ve imajlarına dair söz sahibi olmuşlardır. Fakat burada eksik olan şey, Afro-Amerikan kadınların erkek muadillerini tanımlama, veya yeniden tanımlamasına yönelik düşüncelerdir. Bu çalışma, siyahi kadınlığın bir kategorisi olan Afro-Amerikan lezbiyen yazarların inşa ettiği siyahi erkeklik kavramını araştırmaktadır. Bu yazarların modern dünyasında, internet kurgularında, siyahi erkeklerin bazı geleneksel (ve sterotipik) imajları ön plana çıkarılırken, diğerleri görmezden gelinmektedir. Bu çalışmada siyahi erkekliğin farklı inşalarını anlamak amacıyla kesişimsellik, hegemonik erkeklik ve cinsiyetlendirilmiş sosyalizasyona dair diğer perspektifler ele alınmaktadır

Keywords

Afro-Amerikan erkeklik, erotik kurgu, Afro-Amerikan kadınlık

The Othered Black Male: Images of Masculinity in African American Lesbian Erotic Fiction

Abstract

Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of African American males abound. In particular, discussions pertaining to their hyper-sexuality, unemployment, criminal inclinations and proclivity for violence have been discussed at great length. Additionally, researchers have explored ways in which African American men have contributed to notions of black womanhood in America. From the mammy to the jezebel, black men have had a voice regarding the images and roles of black women. Missing are considerations addressing African American women’s attempts to define, or redefine, their male counterparts. This paper explores notions of black masculinity as constructed by one specific category of black women, African American lesbian authors. In their contemporary, internet fiction, some traditional (and stereotypical) images of black masculinity are embraced while others are ignored. Intersectionality, hegemonic masculinity and other perspectives pertaining to gendered socialization are considered in an attempt to explain these constructions of black masculinity

Keywords

African American masculinity, Erotic fiction

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