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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Mario wrote:
>
> "Unfortunately, any analysis of such roles
(essentially, manufactured
> gender, including modern unisex) must be
local."
>
> Okay, I'll bite: Why "unfortunately"? I think it's
the nonuniversal
> nature of it that makes it fascinating (and proves
it's culturally
> constructed).
>
I meant unfortunately for the social scientists who would
like to come up with a universal theory of such things. I
consider it a fact that even within a small territory there
are usually several (or many) cultures. I also consider it a
fact that in principle cultures want to stay separate. And
obviously each culture prefers its own thing to anything
else.
>Have there been noir or hardboiled stories
> based on the idea of clashing ideals of
masculinity?
>
I don't know of any beyond the fairly typical pairing of an
"idea guy" with a "tough guy" in crime novels, in hardboiled
capers for example.
Best,
mrt
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