- Title
- Defusing Violence: Maneuvering Confrontation in The Sun Also Rises
- Author/Creator
- Rachel Willis
- Publication Details
- James Dickey Review, Vol.29(1), pp.47-57
- Annotation
- Masculinity study arguing that Jake forges a new masculine identity defying contemporary cultural ideals of violent manhood. Willis argues that Jake initially desires a masculine rival whom he can relate to and emulate, and thus considers the authoritatively masculine Romero rather than the more feminine Cohn to be a suitable lover for Brett. Upon realizing that violence is destructive to manhood, Jake learns to defuse violent confrontations and thus successfully respond to Brett s attempts to psychologically castrate him.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015132019503691
Journal article
Defusing Violence: Maneuvering Confrontation in The Sun Also Rises
James Dickey Review, Vol.29(1), pp.47-57
2012
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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