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Maart 2013: jaargang 10, nommer 1 - LitNet

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<strong>LitNet</strong> Akademies Jaargang <strong>10</strong> (1), <strong>Maart</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />

Die uitbeelding van gay manlikheid in die werk van<br />

drie debuutdigters<br />

Marius Crous<br />

Marius Crous, Skool vir Tale en Letterkunde, Nelson Mandela Metropolitaanse Universiteit<br />

Opsomming<br />

Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die uitbeelding van gay manlikheid in die werk van drie<br />

debuutdigters, te wete Loftus Marais, Melt Myburgh en Fourie Botha, te ondersoek. Dié<br />

ondersoek dra by tot manlikheidstudies en toon aan hoe manlikheid ’n normatiewe konsep is<br />

wat geensins eenduidig is nie, maar oop is vir interpretasie. Aspekte soos die vader-seunverhouding,<br />

die ervarings van die jong seun en gay seksualiteit word ondersoek aan die hand<br />

van verteenwoordigende gedigte uit die drie bundels. Wat die bestudering van manlikheid in<br />

hulle werk so fassinerend maak, is dat al drie vanuit ’n gay invalshoek fokus op manlikheid<br />

en die manlike liggaam. Ten slotte word aangedui dat elk van dié digters ’n eiesoortige<br />

perspektief op manlikheid in hul tekste uitbeeld en sodoende bydra om heteronormatiwiteit te<br />

bevraagteken.<br />

Trefwoorde: gay manlikheid; manlikheidstudies; pa-seun-verhouding; gay seksualiteit; die<br />

jong seun; Loftus Marais; Melt Myburgh; Fourie Botha<br />

Abstract<br />

The representation of gay masculinity in the debut anthologies of three Afrikaans poets<br />

The aim of this article is to focus on the representation of gay masculinity in the debut<br />

anthologies of three Afrikaans poets, namely Loftus Marais, Melt Myburgh and Fourie<br />

Botha. The article is a contribution to masculinity studies and is an attempt to show to what<br />

extent masculinity is merely a normative concept, open to interpretation. The three<br />

collections discussed in this article are Marais’s Staan in die algemeen nader aan<br />

vensters (“In general, stand closer to windows”), Myburgh’s Oewerbestaan (“Life on the<br />

(river bank / River bank existence”) and Botha’s Donkerkamer (“Dark room”).<br />

In this investigation the work of the three poets is discussed under the following subheadings:<br />

the interaction between father and son, the experiences of the young boy who is trying to<br />

come to terms with his sexuality, gay sexuality, and homosocial bonding between adolescent<br />

boys (perhaps as a precursor to later homosexual experimentation?).<br />

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