The construction of masculinity in Greg McGee's Foreskin's lament : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorRothwell, J. S
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-17T00:21:02Z
dc.date.available2015-12-17T00:21:02Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.description.abstractMcGee's play interrogates contemporary constructions of masculinity centred around the national game of rugby. With the play being set in the late 1970's, rugby was still central to the national ethos in a way that would no longer be thought universally valid in the 1980s. The play presents an exploration of male Pakeha New Zealanders at a time when the ethos was steadily being corrupted. Elements of the comradeship that the game could promote are noted together with its more negative effects - the attitude of the team to women being one of the foremost and including the derogatory attitudes to homosexuals and people of other ethnicities. The eponymous Foreskin is seen as someone who tries to unite in himself the rugby ethos and intellectual life. In the Lament he addresses his failure at this endeavour.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/7362
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectMcGee, Greg, 1950- . Foreskin's lamenten_US
dc.subjectMasculinity -- New Zealanden_US
dc.subjectMen -- New Zealand -- Psychologyen_US
dc.titleThe construction of masculinity in Greg McGee's Foreskin's lament : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorRothwell, J. Sen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M. A.)en_US
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