A Boy Who Won’t Become a Man
Placing Peter Pan in the middle of this “boyology” movement was creative, but kind of risky. I guess it made sense at the time, but if you think about it, does it really help push masculinity? If boys are supposed to become men, Peter Pan doesn’t really teach that.
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Brian Herrera, a Princeton professor who teaches “Queer Boyhoods,” said, “I see Barrie as being in conversation both with and against.” He went on to explain, “He said that the idea that there is something precious and extraordinary about boyhood, but he doesn’t seem to see adult masculinity as the natural next step of the boyhood wildness, but as a cruel step away from the magic of boys.”