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Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing

Authors: SOTUNSA Mobolanle

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Routledge

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This chapter examines emasculation as a socio-political condition in which a man is rendered effeminate and castrated in the performance and enactment of sex roles and traits socially constructed for him in a social milieu. It further investigates the reasons and effects of such incapacitation, that results in social humiliation and abuse of identified characters in Irene Isoken-Salami's More than Dancing. The analysis was done using a critical and indepth textual analysis of the selected text for the study. Using psychoanalysis and masculinity as theories, the chapter investigates male characters who became victims of emasculation as a result of women's solidarity, conspiracy of silence, male domination and fear of being called weak. The chapter uncovers the fact that emasculation usually results from male domination or fear of domination by the opressed individual as a defense mechanism. The study also shows that although men have been constructed as breadwinners, or as husbands who are strong, emotionless and rational, there are men who are unable to perform these roles or enact the traits socially constructed for them. Creative writers should therefore focus attention on men's social dynamics beyond women's opression by men, and by so doing men will not be understood from women's perspective only.

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SOTUNSA,M. . (2017). Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing, 1 (), 253-253.

SOTUNSA,M. . "Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing" 1, no (), (2017): 253-253.

SOTUNSA,M. and . (2017). Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing, 1 (), pp253-253.

SOTUNSAM, . Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing. 2017, 1 ():253-253.

SOTUNSA,Mobolanle , . "Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing", 1 . (2017) : 253-253.

S.Mobolanle , "Social Humiliation and Psychological Castration in Irene’s More Than Dancing" vol.1, no., pp. 253-253, 2017.

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