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dc.contributor.authorWoloshyn, Vera
dc.contributor.authorTaber, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorLane, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-15T20:09:49Z
dc.date.available2013-10-15T20:09:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-28
dc.identifier.citationWoloshyn, Vera, Nancy Taber, and Laura Lane 2013Discourses of Masculinity and Femininity in The Hunger Games: “Scarred,” “Bloody,” and “Stunning.” International Journal of Social Science Studies 1(1): p150–160.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2324-8041
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/5077
dc.description.abstractThis article explores how characters in The Hunger Games trilogy are portrayed relative to Connell's gendered discourses of hegemonic masculinity, marginal masculinity, and emphasized femininity. We briefly review the plot of The Hunger Games trilogy and then discuss the ways in which three of the characters are represented with respect to societal gendered discourses, heteronormativity, and the use of violence. We argue that the ways in which these aspects are portrayed relate to the main characters' performance of discourses of hegemonic masculinity (Gale), marginalized masculinity (Peeta), and a complex amalgamation of the two that also draws somewhat on emphasized femininity (Katniss). Finally, we conclude that, while the trilogy could be read as taking a feminist stance with a strong female protagonist, it nonetheless also constrains Katniss in heteronormative ways.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRedFame Publishingen_US
dc.subjecthegemonic masculinityen_US
dc.subjectemphasized femininityen_US
dc.subjectmarginalized masculinityen_US
dc.subjectchildren's literatureen_US
dc.subjectThe Hunger Gamesen_US
dc.titleDiscourses of Masculinity and Femininity in The Hunger Games: "Scarred," "Bloody," and "Stunning"en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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