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Queering Masculinities in Language and CultureThe Queer Peer: Masculinity and Brotherhood in Cain and Abel Literature and Imagination

Queering Masculinities in Language and Culture: The Queer Peer: Masculinity and Brotherhood in... [The aim of this chapter is to outline the variations assumed in the literature and, more generally, in the collective imagination of the story of Cain in his relationship with his peer, his brother Abel. Approaching it from a queer theory perspective means studying an interesting, archetypal case of relationship between males, thus one concerning the representation of masculinity in pairs of men who share a bond of blood, responsibility, crime, and guilt. Analysing what is stable and similar in the different literary and artistic representations of Cain and Abel over time and across different cultures can lead to a reflection on the changes in the culture and society about masculinity and otherness, while also showing the permeability of the archetype to queer perspectives and rewritings.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Queering Masculinities in Language and CultureThe Queer Peer: Masculinity and Brotherhood in Cain and Abel Literature and Imagination

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality Book Series
Editors: Baker, Paul; Balirano, Giuseppe
Di Gennaro, Paola
Queering Masculinities in Language and Culture — Dec 9, 2017
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988
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978-1-349-95326-4
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111 –126
DOI
10.1057/978-1-349-95327-1_6
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[The aim of this chapter is to outline the variations assumed in the literature and, more generally, in the collective imagination of the story of Cain in his relationship with his peer, his brother Abel. Approaching it from a queer theory perspective means studying an interesting, archetypal case of relationship between males, thus one concerning the representation of masculinity in pairs of men who share a bond of blood, responsibility, crime, and guilt. Analysing what is stable and similar in the different literary and artistic representations of Cain and Abel over time and across different cultures can lead to a reflection on the changes in the culture and society about masculinity and otherness, while also showing the permeability of the archetype to queer perspectives and rewritings.]

Published: Dec 9, 2017

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