From Hegemonic Masculinity to Masculinity Crisis: The Exploration of the Failure of Idealized Masculinity on the White Screen

Abstract

Drawing the framework of the hierarchies among masculinities and elaborating on the theory of hegemonic masculinity, this study attempts to analyze the journey and the transformation from hegemonic masculinity into masculinity crisis of the protagonists of two crucial films of two distinct cultures, The Game (1997) and Mustafa Hakkında Her Şey (Everything About Mustafa) (2004). Within this study through a close exploration of the troublesome and curios stories of both Nicholas and Mustafa, their failure of the idealized masculinity models, that is, the modes of the hegemonic masculinity and their specific masculinity crisis will be attempted to be analyzed.

Keywords

• hegemonic masculinity,masculinity crisis,film studies,The Game,Everything About Mustafa.

Hegemonik Erkeklikten Erkeklik Krizine: Beyaz Perdede İdealleştirilmiş Erkekliğin Başarısızlığı Üzerine Bir Keşif

Öz

Bu çalışma, erkeklikler arasında var olan hiyerarşilerin genel bir çerçevesini çizerek ve hegemonik erkeklik kuramını detaylandırarak, iki farklı kültüre ait The Game (Oyun) (1997) ve Mustafa Hakkında Her Şey (2004) filmlerinin ana karakterlerinin hegemonik erkeklikten erkeklik krizine yolculuklarını ve dönüşümlerini incelemeye girişmektedir. Bu çalışmada, hem Nicholas’ın hem de Mustafa’nın zorlu ve ilginç hikayeleri yakından keşfedilerek, her iki karakterin de idealize edilmiş erkeklik modellerindeki yani hegemonik erkekliklerindeki başarısızlıkları ve kendilerine özgü erkeklik krizleri analiz edilmeye çalışılacaktır. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• hegemonik erkeklik,erkeklik krizi,film çalışmaları,The Game,Mustafa Hakkında Her Şey

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