Exploration of Masculinity in Sanjeev Upreti's Hansa

Doing Sociology , 2022

In the context of a patriarchal societal framework, entrenched perceptions regarding femininity and masculinity prevail. These perceptions, while subject to variation across societal strata, frequently align with the portrayal of the masculine as robust and assertive, shaping gender depictions notably in cinematic productions, particularly within the domain of Bollywood. This article endeavors to elucidate such gender dynamics through the critical examination of two films, discerning prevalent themes of male hegemony, sexism, and misogyny therein.

Anthropological Quarterly , 2018

Review of Indian Masculinity Series - Roots of Love, Mardistan/Macholand & Sent Away Boys by Harjant Gill (written by Sanghita Sen)

NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 2014

this article I seek to re-examine the concepts ‘patriarchy’ and ‘homosociality’, individually and in relation to each other. I argue that the critical tendency to dismiss the utility of ‘patriarchy’ did not engage much with the relations of patriarchal formations to men and masculinities. The latter are shaped and determined by bonds of ‘homosociality’, which, I argue, is not necessarily to be understood as being oppositional to homosexuality or as tantamount to an implicit homoeroticism. This homosociality forms the substrate of other kinds of collective social phenomena like nationalism, caste and religious communalism, chauvinisms of various kinds, etc. It is substantially shaped by the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion that determine such collective phenomena, serving as the ‘mediating anodyne’ to the conflicts and contradictions that are often, even inevitably, thrown up in such patriarchal formations. Arguing that a central aspect of this is the relation between the erotic and the politic, I then discuss the relation of masculinity to power, within these dynamics.

Current Research in the Axis of Humanities: Theories, Concepts and Applications, 2020

Men and Masculinities, 2018

Masculinity is a social construct and sometimes, an identity which has its associations with certain traits and characteristics. Some of such traits are the presence of confidence, leadership qualities, power, dominance and firmness etc. which exist at a psychological level. Others however are physical traits, such as a strong muscular physique and a fine athletic ability. Interestingly, this idea of putting all these traits under a singularumbrellaofmasculinityisvery abstract and there is no firm definition of masculinity. Through this project, we have tried to narrativise this abstract idea, which in common perception indicates ‘the ideal traits of men’. Just like in the case of many other abstract ideas, there is the presence of no singular idea of masculinity and the concept might differ for different civilizations, cultures, classes andpeople. Therefore, there exists no single masculinity and we thus refer to the concept as masculinities. Research papers and articles which academically present the concept were analysed to get an adequate overview of the idea. Alongside, different forms of media, likedocumentarieswereeq paid heed to, so that the popular perception of the idea of masculinitycouldalsobeunderstood. We limited our attempts to understand the idea of masculinity to the Delhi University students itself. To do the same, we found it is important to have directconversationswiththestudentsto achieve a realistic understanding of the concept.

SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, 2018

Kabir Singh, the bollywood remake of the 2017 Telugu movie Arjun Reddy, was the second highest grossing movie of 2019. Interestingly, it was also highly criticized for glamorizing misogyny and toxic masculinity. Yet another interesting fact about this movie is that its plot seems quite parallel with that of the drama Shakuntala by the ancient poet Kalidasa. In this context, this paper studies masculinity in the heroes of these two texts: Kabir Singh and King Dushyanta and argues that popular representations change in time and space with the modern entertainment industry's commercial motivation and yet patriarchy remains unchanged.

Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 2009

Psychology of women quarterly, 1985

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