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Week 2 Discussion 2_Gender and Literature

Week 2 Discussion 2_Gender and Literature

Q Before posting to this discussion board, read through the responses to Discussion 1. Although a superhero film created by Marvel Comics, Black Panther is also a film about men in battle and the tension between the homefront and the battlefront. Many critics have argued that this film is groundbreaking in its portrayal of black identity, masculinity, and gender relations. Do you agree? Why or why not? Is Black Panther doing something different from Hemingway’s stories in terms of intersectionality and gender? In what ways is it different from Hemingway’s portrayal of men in conflict and in what ways is it similar? What story does this film tell about men (and women) and battle and about gender relations? Post a 250-300 word response to these questions. Support your answer with reference to one scene from Black Panther and one Hemingway post in Discussion 1.

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Apart from the positive storm, it raised regarding black representation and breaking of the black stereotypes with more voice for them, the movie Black Panther, touched some issues of masculinity as well, turning into a breaking of the stereotypes surrounding masculinity. Here the protagonist T’Challa isn’t someone who constantly needs validation for his masculinity, but is rather someone, who is not only someone who has an army of trustworthy women, whom he is confident of, but also isn’t ashamed to portray emotions.