"Imaginative? More Like Normative": Masculinities Depicted in Mune: Guardian of the Moon. Issue 1 (1st December 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Imaginative? More Like Normative": Masculinities Depicted in Mune: Guardian of the Moon. Issue 1 (1st December 2022)
- Main Title:
- "Imaginative? More Like Normative"
- Authors:
- Moody, Jeana
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Mune: Guardian of the Moon is a children's animated film about a series of misadventures resulting in a lighthearted good-versus-evil plotline. This movie attempts to be imaginative and original, and succeeds in some ways, through positioning slight-figured, compassionate, shy Mune as the hero of the story and using dreams of transformation instead of fists to defeat evil. However, it falls short through its stereotypical depictions of masculinities and gendered dynamics. Rather than portraying diverse and alternate ways that masculinity can be performed, Mune utilizes normative gender roles and hegemonic masculinity to emphasize that even small, unassuming young men can adequately fulfill typical masculine leadership roles, so long as they are most powerful and ultimately win the girl.
- Is Part Of:
- Boyhood Studies. Volume 15:Issue 1/2(2022)
- Journal:
- Boyhood Studies
- Issue:
- Volume 15:Issue 1/2(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 15, Issue 1/2 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 1/2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0015-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 123
- Page End:
- 131
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-01
- Subjects:
- boys -- children's animation -- gender -- good versus evil -- masculinities -- normative -- stereotypes
Boys -- Psychology -- Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals
Teenage boys -- Periodicals
305.230811 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/boyhood-studies/boyhood-studies-overview.xml ↗
- DOI:
- 10.3167/bhs.2022.15010208 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2375-9240
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- 26128.xml