Gender Roles, Hegemony & Political Power in Tolkien's Middle Earth - Brosnan, Chris
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Gender Roles, Hegemony & Political Power in Tolkien's Middle Earth is a study of the ties between gender roles, sexuality, and the political power and social influence of characters present in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. In this book, Tolkien's Middle Earth is shown to be a highly complex presentation of gender archetypes, social expectations and political power structures with Freudian narratives subtexts alongside a phallocentric presentation of authority upheld with violence and adherence to hegemonic masculine ideals against the backdrop of a…mehr

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Gender Roles, Hegemony & Political Power in Tolkien's Middle Earth is a study of the ties between gender roles, sexuality, and the political power and social influence of characters present in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Children of Hurin. In this book, Tolkien's Middle Earth is shown to be a highly complex presentation of gender archetypes, social expectations and political power structures with Freudian narratives subtexts alongside a phallocentric presentation of authority upheld with violence and adherence to hegemonic masculine ideals against the backdrop of a politically turbulent world at war that draws parallels to the periods during and after Tolkien's military service in the First World War.
Autorenporträt
Chris Brosnan est né à Londres en 1989, dans le quartier londonien de Camden, où il réside toujours. Il a étudié l'anglais et la création littéraire à l'université de Brunel. Dans sa vie professionnelle, il est développeur web, mais il s'intéresse beaucoup à la littérature et à la fiction populaire, en particulier aux genres de la science-fiction et du fantastique.