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sculinity originally respected by Jews is obviously quite different from the standards followed by white Protestants in the United States. In order to consolidate their dominant position and suppress the Jewish nation in American society, discourses about race and gender are intertwined to construct the masculinity of Jews as the other. In the face of the double oppression of race and gender discourse, and in order to cope with the situation excluded by hegemonic masculinity, many assimilated American Jews gradually began to call for the reconstruction of the masculinity of the Jewish nation, which is abandoning the traditional Jewish scholar masculinity and imitating the tough masculinity advocated by American Protestants. Contrary to this view, many scholars believe that Jews should construct masculinity on their own cultural history. They firmly believe that the blind pursuit of mainstream masculinity regardless of their own cultural history will have a negative impact on individuals and society. Paul Brines (1990) states that the historically dominant ideal of Jewish gentleness is the true foundation of a genuinely Jewish masculinity in Tough Jews: Political Fantasies and the Moral Dilemma of Modern Jewry (1990). In Humboldt's Gift, Citrine's Jewish identity originally left him an inferior position and caused him to construct a subordinated masculinity. But later Citrine has recognized the necessity of imitating the masculinity advocated by American Protestants and put it into practice to establish hegemonic masculinity which had not been maintained enduringly by him and gradually converted into complicit masculinity. In this process, his Jewish identity had a profound influence on the transformation of his masculinity.

Chapter Three Citrine's Strategies to Construct an Ideal Masculinity ..... 35

3.1 Remodeling of the Male Image ........................... 35

3.2 Identification with Jewish Cultural Tradition .......................... 38

3.3 Construction of a Harmonious Gender Relationship ....................... 40

Conclusion ............................. 44

Chapter Three Citrine's Strategies to Construct an Ideal Masculinity

3.1 Remodeling of the Male Image

Connell emphasizes the relationship between a man's body and construction of masculinity in Masculinities (2005). In the construction of masculinity, the body is inescapable, and the performances of the body participates in the social practice of the construction of masculinity. The body is the material carrier of specific masculinity, and when the carrier changes, the corresponding masculinity based on it becomes different. A masculine and strong body is more powerful and competitive than a feminine and weak body, and it can better show the unique charm and attractiveness of men. Michael Kimmel (2011) proposed that the male body becomes the ultimate testing ground for identity verification when traditional methods of identity definition are in doubt. The body is not only material and biological, but also the external environment of spiritual activities. The body can be observed and gazed as an object and also has rich symbolic significance due to the projection of various social and cultural values. In the cultural and ideological system that constitutes masculin本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。