Kaslar, Bıyıklar ve Maçizm: Mısır’lı İngilizce Konuşan Medya Profesyonellerinin ve Medya İzleyicilerinin Erkeklik Anlatıları

Year 2018, Issue: 9-10, 198 - 225, 15.08.2018

Joel W. Abdelmoez

Abstract

Bu çalışma erkekliklerle ilgili
görüşlerin, Mısır’da İngilizce konuşan medya profesyonelleri ve medya
izleyicileri tarafından nasıl algılandığını incelemek için etnografik
metotlardan faydalanır. Amaç, yarı-yapılandırılmış mülakatlar ve anketler
aracılığıyla, erkekliğin kişisel düzeylerde nasıl algılandığı ve erkekler ile
erkeklikleri betimlemek için hangi terimlerin kullanıldığı ile ilgili ortak
anlatıları ortaya çıkarmaktır; ki bu ortak anlatılar Mısır medyası içerikleri
ile ilgili daha sonra yapılacak analizlere temel teşkil edebilir. “Anlatı”
kelimesi, geniş toplum için geçerliliği olan, genellenebilecek verilerden
ziyade, bizzat kişisel deneyimleri ve bu deneyimlerin anlatılmasını ifade etmek
için kullanılır. Bulgular, vurgulanmış heteroseksüellik ve görüşmeciler
tarafından ulus ve askeriye ile ilişkilendirilen erkeklerden geçim sağlayıcılık
ve korumacılık beklentileri gibi birçok ortak temayı içerir. Korumacılık ve
militarizm, güç, namus ve cesaret fikirleriyle bağlantılıdır. Erkekler
münhasıran erk sahibi olarak görülmektedir. Her ikisi de ikonlaşmış liderlerce
sergilenen ‘evin reisi’ ve devletin başı rolleri Mısırlı erkek kimliğinin – bu
kimlik tartışmaya açık olsa da olmasa da – özünü oluşturan özellikler olarak
ortaya çıkmaktadır.  

Keywords

erkeklikler, medya, izleyiciler, Mısır, kimilik, toplumsal cinsiyet ifadesi

Muscles, Moustaches and Machismo: Narratives of Masculinity by Egyptian English-Language Media Professionals and Media Audiences

Abstract

This study utilizes ethnographic
methods to inquire how ideas of masculinities are perceived by English-language
media professionals and media audiences in Egypt. Using semi-structured
interviews and a survey, the aim is to find common narratives on how masculinity
is perceived on personal levels and what terms are used to describe men and
masculinities, which in turn can be used as the basis for further analysis of
Egyptian media content. The word “narrative” in itself is used to convey
personal experience, and the telling of those experiences, rather than
generalizable data applicable to the larger population. Found are several
common themes, such as emphasized heterosexuality, and the expectation of men
as providers and protectors, which is related, by the respondents, to the
nation and the military. Protection and militarism relates to ideas of
strength, honor, and courage. Men are almost exclusively seen as possessors of
power. The ‘head of the household,’ and the head of state, both portrayed as
iconized leaders, emerge as the quintessence of Egyptian masculine identity,
whether that identity is contested or not.

Keywords

masculinities; media; audiences; Egypt; identity; gender expression

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