Gondo, Jackson Onai2024-07-192024-07-192022-06Gondo, Jackson Onai. (2022). Challenging the Representation of Masculinity & Themes Pertaining to Rape Culture in Film & Televisual Media. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38976https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38976A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Film and Television) to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2022.This dissertation raises questions around the representation of masculinity and in turn the notion of ‘toxic masculinity’ in film and televisual media, and will result in a project in the form of a screenplay and animated scene that subverts these representations and makes the audience, through viewing the film, question their relationship to toxic masculinity and ‘rape culture.’ The dissertation looks at the narrative and visual conventions pertaining to masculinity that have existed throughout the history of film and television and how they still manifest themselves today. It looks at attempts to subvert these conventions and where these attempts failed. It also looks at literary scholars who have theorized these notions of masculinity and how those ideas have indeed manifested throughout film and television.en©2022 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.MasculinityFilm and Televisual mediaRape cultureMasculinityHegemonic MasculinityHomosocial BondingGender PerformativityUCTDSDG-5: Gender equalityDissertationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg