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The Performance of Black Youth Masculinity in Bola Agbaje's and Mojisola Adebayo's Council-Estate Plays

Author:
Prieto López, PaolaUniovi authority
Editor/Coord./Trad.:
Durán Almarza, Emilia MaríaUniovi authority; Rodríguez González, Carla MaríaUniovi authority; Clisby, Suzanne
Publication date:
2021
Editorial:

Routledge

Citación:
Prieto López, P. (2021) The Performance of Black Youth Masculinity in Bola Agbaje's and Mojisola Adebayo's Council-Estate Plays. En Durán Almarza, E.M., Rodríguez González, C. M. y Clisby, S. (Eds.) Performing Cultures of Equality. Londres : Routledge
Abstract:

The first years of the twenty-fist century saw the emergence of a number of plays dealing with inner-city life, knife-crime and violence. Most of these plays have been the target of extensive criticism for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Black communities, especially Black male youth. This chapter analyses three council-estate plays: Bola Agbaje’s Gone Too Far (2007) and Off the Endz (2010) as well as Mojisola Adebayo’s Desert Boy (2011). My purpose is twofold: on the one hand, I examine the legacies of colonialism that underpin a hegemonic model of masculinity that is depicted in the plays under analysis and which abounds in the representation of Black youth in the UK. To this end, I draw on Judith Butler’s theories of performativity (1988; 1990) to examine how hegemonic masculinities are enacted through the speech, clothing and dominant behavior of the main characters; on the other, I explore how these plays subvert this model by offering images of alternative forms of masculinity which break away from and question this stereotyping. I conclude that in spite of the criticism they have received, the plays under analysis distance themselves from more traditional council estate plays by offering a more positive image upon which progressive forms of Black masculinities can be built.

The first years of the twenty-fist century saw the emergence of a number of plays dealing with inner-city life, knife-crime and violence. Most of these plays have been the target of extensive criticism for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Black communities, especially Black male youth. This chapter analyses three council-estate plays: Bola Agbaje’s Gone Too Far (2007) and Off the Endz (2010) as well as Mojisola Adebayo’s Desert Boy (2011). My purpose is twofold: on the one hand, I examine the legacies of colonialism that underpin a hegemonic model of masculinity that is depicted in the plays under analysis and which abounds in the representation of Black youth in the UK. To this end, I draw on Judith Butler’s theories of performativity (1988; 1990) to examine how hegemonic masculinities are enacted through the speech, clothing and dominant behavior of the main characters; on the other, I explore how these plays subvert this model by offering images of alternative forms of masculinity which break away from and question this stereotyping. I conclude that in spite of the criticism they have received, the plays under analysis distance themselves from more traditional council estate plays by offering a more positive image upon which progressive forms of Black masculinities can be built.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10651/59564
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Proyecto "Extraños Cosmopolitas: Mundos Alternativos en la escritura contemporánea" (Ref. RTI2018-097186-B-I00) y Grupo de Investigación "Intersecciones. Literaturas, culturas y teorías contemporáneas" (Ref. FC-GRUPIN-IDI/ 2018/ 000167).

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GRUPIN IDI/2018/000167

RTI2018-097186-B-I00

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