Masculinities in Flux in Akhil Sharma’s „A Life of Adventure and Delight”
Masculinities in Flux in Akhil Sharma’s „A Life of Adventure and Delight”
Author(s): Iwona FilipczakSubject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Electoral systems, Social psychology and group interaction, Studies in violence and power, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: patriarchy; stereotypes; Indian diaspora; re-Orientalism
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses representations of masculinities in selected stories from Akhil Sharma’s collection A Life of Adventure and Delight. It examines the ways in which male protagonists, Indian immigrants in the US, relate to the discourse of hegemonic masculinity realised as patriarchal masculinity. It is argued that Sharma tries to revise negative stereotypes of Indian American masculinity, indicating critical moments which carry the potential of transformation from patriarchal into more positive models of masculinity. Sharma’s re-Orientalist narrative techniques reinforce his criticism of patriarchy.
Journal: ER(R)GO. Teoria-Literatura-Kultura
- Issue Year: 1/2026
- Issue No: 52
- Page Range: 175-192
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
