المعيار
Volume 30, Numéro 2, Pages 55-64
2026-03-15
How Can I Say That I Am A Man If I Don't Smoke? A Sociolinguistic Analysis Of Tobacco Addiction And The Construction Of Toxic & Cool Masculinities Among Young Algerian Adolescents
Authors : Babou Amina .
Abstract
The crux of this scrutiny is to explore to what extent addiction to nicotine or ‘’smoking’’ is associated with the construction of masculinity by Algerian adolescents. Boys often indulge themselves in smoking to negotiate and construct their masculinity which per se stipulates being powerful, tough and risk-taking. The study unveils smoking addictions by young students which tend to uphold the paradoxes between hegemonic masculinity and healthy masculinity. Smoking inter alia serves a means of fueling normative masculinity which is anti- authoritarian and boisterous, and transgressing dominant feminine constructions.
Keywords
Adolescents ; Algeria ; Masculinity ; Smoking
Les articles similaires
بوسالم أحلام
.
عابد يوسف
.
ص 117-132.
Yahia Zeghoudi
.
pages 74-88.
Said Houari Amel
.
pages 257-268.
Guiraa Hatem Wahiba
.
pages 494-509.
