“Show Them Who You Are!”: Ritual Combat and Masculine Identities in Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther

Q1 Social Sciences
Grant Gearhart
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Societies have relied on different cultural mechanisms to cultivate appropriate and timely models of heroic masculinity, which have included oral tradition, art, epic poetry, and theatre. In contemporary times, cinema has become one of the primary venues to disseminate masculine archetypes throughout a society’s collective conscious. In certain cases, heroic masculinity can be manifested when characters embrace their valor, courage, and physical prowess for the greater good while eschewing the potentially toxic elements of their personalities and powers. In Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther, the dichotomy of toxic masculinity and heroic masculinity plays out through a series of ritual combats. Black Panther applies traditional and historically relevant motifs to show how its superhero addresses the question of toxic versus heroic masculinity; and, in the end the film condemns toxic masculinity by portraying a hero who embodies strength, wisdom, and inclusiveness.
“让他们看看你是谁!”:瑞恩·库格勒的《黑豹》中的仪式战斗和男性身份
社会依靠不同的文化机制来培养适当和及时的英雄气概模式,其中包括口头传统、艺术、史诗和戏剧。在当代,电影已经成为在整个社会的集体意识中传播男性原型的主要场所之一。在某些情况下,当角色为了更大的利益而拥抱他们的英勇、勇气和身体力量,同时避开他们个性和力量中潜在的有害元素时,英雄气概就会得到体现。在瑞安·库格勒(Ryan Coogler) 2018年的电影《黑豹》(Black Panther)中,有毒的男子气概和英勇的男子气概的二分法通过一系列仪式性的战斗展现出来。《黑豹》运用传统和历史相关的主题来展示其超级英雄如何解决有毒与英雄气概的问题;最后,这部电影通过塑造一个体现力量、智慧和包容的英雄来谴责有毒的男子气概。
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The Journal of Men's Studies
The Journal of Men's Studies Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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