Black Masculinity Analysis
The analysis of Traditional, Hegemony and Black masculinity the requirement for power is absolute. Power “is not a thing, but a relation.” (michel-foucault.com). Power is created by some entity generating a condition that overpowers another individual or group. The power creation generates different types of power. Sovereign power is the obedience to the law central authority (michel-foucault.com). There is a Sovereign powers display in every visual media piece. The sovereign power displayed in visual media is suppressive to the greater good. The Birth of the Nation film created or captured the narrative that Black men are dangerous. The danger is completely linked power. The power to take is the true concern. All the Black males at one point in time wanted to take something from the central power.
In Traditional and Hegemony masculinity the central power is white men. Gus and Lynch tried to take white women and social power from the white men of the South and Alonzo take money from Roger. The act of taking is usually seen as …show more content…
A women in Hegemony and Traditional masculinity would be marginalized and need the aid of a man’s power. Elsie, Flora and Sara are example needing the power of a man to direct them and even save them. But Cookie has her own power. For example eighteen minutes and one second in to episode one Cookie Demand respect from Hakeem and when he refused she beat him with a broom. The act of violence is not power just a mechanism to establish or maintain power. For example when Elsie was confronted Gus she punched him and ran away. Elsie’s violence is not equal to Cookie’s violence because Elsie was afraid and Cookie was establishing respect. The Jamal is another prime example of person deed by Hegemony and traditional masculinity undesiring power. Jamal was deed as liking to inherent the company after Lucious but in the end Jamal is awarded
In Traditional and Hegemony masculinity the central power is white men. Gus and Lynch tried to take white women and social power from the white men of the South and Alonzo take money from Roger. The act of taking is usually seen as …show more content…
A women in Hegemony and Traditional masculinity would be marginalized and need the aid of a man’s power. Elsie, Flora and Sara are example needing the power of a man to direct them and even save them. But Cookie has her own power. For example eighteen minutes and one second in to episode one Cookie Demand respect from Hakeem and when he refused she beat him with a broom. The act of violence is not power just a mechanism to establish or maintain power. For example when Elsie was confronted Gus she punched him and ran away. Elsie’s violence is not equal to Cookie’s violence because Elsie was afraid and Cookie was establishing respect. The Jamal is another prime example of person deed by Hegemony and traditional masculinity undesiring power. Jamal was deed as liking to inherent the company after Lucious but in the end Jamal is awarded