Lauwrens, Jenni2025-02-102025-02-102025-052024-08*A2025http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100653Dissertation (MA (Visual Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2024.A hermeneutic analysis of the South African films Tsotsi (Hood 2005) and Inxeba (Trengrove 2017) on the representation of masculinities. Gender and gender performance is explored as well as how types of masculinities are portrayed and the effect(s) they have (if any) on the story. Additionally, how the directors being white, yet telling black stories, affects the storyline as well as the reception received by each film based on this factor.en© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)MasculinitiesFilmGenderPerformanceConnellButlerBlack masculinitiesHegemonicHermeneuticsDissertationu18002995https//:doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28006964