The Crisis of Masculinity in the Short Stories Collection Sonthayasamosorn

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Orawan Rithisrithorn

Abstract

This article aims to study the crisis of masculinity in the short stories collection, Sonthayasamosorn. The key frame work  is the  masculinity crisis concept. The paper is divided into two areas: 1) the female power and masculinity crisis 2) the animal characters and masculinity crisis. The results reveled that:  on the female power and masculinity crisis fiction show their power by narrative, the sixth sense, technology, and direction power to criticize males and present the crisis of masculinity. The animal characters and masculinity crises revealed that the animal characters is  a tool to critique and diminish the masculine majesty. In summery, this paper would like to point out that Sonthayasamosorn presents the masculine crisis connected to the other of the patriarchy, women and animals, and relates to the transgression of the binary oppositions.

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Rithisrithorn, O. (2022). The Crisis of Masculinity in the Short Stories Collection Sonthayasamosorn. Wiwitwannasan Journal of Language and Culture, 6(3), 187–210. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/wiwitwannasan/article/view/257006
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