Relaciones entre masculinidades: Controversia en La cabaña del tío Tom

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1 juin 2007

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Masculinity hegemony complicity subordination marginalization slavery abolitionists Christian foundations Evangelical church


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Luis Fernando Gómez R., « Relaciones entre masculinidades: Controversia en La cabaña del tío Tom », Folios - Revista de la Facultad de Humanidades, ID : 10670/1.8ro71w


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The American novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher-Stowe, has caused historical debate because of its notion of masculinity between white men and African-American slaves in the antebellum period. The description of these two antagonist forces are said to be defined by the author on extreme foundations of sentimentalist and romantic racialism that seem to distort the real objective events related to slavery in America. Beecher-Stowe was condemned by both white and black races because of the denunciation she makes of slavery as a hegemonic male institution. This article examines this polemic in Uncle Tom's cabin, based on the sociologist R.W. Connell's theory of relations among masculinities. From this theory, the article argues that while whites' masculinity is determined by a sense of power based on hegemony, complicity, and subordination, blacks', represented by uncle Tom, is portrayed as adopting weak submission and resigned marginalization. As Uncle Tom's Cabin is the inspiration of a historical reality, this article also studies the novel in relation to factual events in which the ideals of hegemonic masculinity established slavery as a powerful institution in America.

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