Mask Off
Descriere
What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'. In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions, music and sport, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood, debunking popular myths along the way. He explores how LGBTQ men, men of colour, and male refugees experience masculinity in diverse ways, revealing its fluidity, how it's strengthened and weakened by different political contexts, such as the patriarchy or the far-right, and perceived differently by those around them. At the heart of love and sex, the political stage, competitive sports, gang culture, and mental health issues, lies masculinity: Mask Off is an urgent call to unravel masculinity and redefine it.
Despre autor
JJ Bola este un poet, scriitor și educator britanic-francez, născut în Kinshasa, care locuiește la Londra. A publicat trei culegeri de poezie, două romane, „No Place to Call Home” (2017) și „The Selfless Act Of Breathing” (2021), precum și o carte de non-ficțiune despre masculinitate și patriarhat destinată tinerilor, „Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined” (2019). Scrierea sa explorează teme precum exilul și apartenența.
