"All the People in the Ring Together": Hemingway, Performance, and the Politics of the Corrida

Journal article

David Barnes

Modernist Cultures, Vol.11(1), pp.26-47

2016

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Title: "All the People in the Ring Together": Hemingway, Performance, and the Politics of the Corrida
Author/Creator: David Barnes
Publication Details: Modernist Cultures, Vol.11(1), pp.26-47
Annotation: Connects Hemingway s fascination with bullfighting to his broader performative representations of masculinity and national identity. Linking the patriotic idealism of the soldier to the sacrifice and ritual of the corrida, Barnes concludes, Hemingway s writing sees a continuity between the types of community fostered by war and those created within the culture of bullfighting. Locates Hemingway s position within American modernism s preoccupation with national identity and Spain s cultural and political efforts to promote a national vision following World War I. Draws frequently on The Sun Also Rises, Death in the Afternoon, and In Our Time.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132491403691