Gendering Men: Re-Visions of Violence as a Test of Manhood in American Literature

Journal article

Josep J. Armengol

Atlantis, Revista de la Asociación Espãnola de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, Vol.29(2), pp.75-92

2007

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Title: Gendering Men: Re-Visions of Violence as a Test of Manhood in American Literature
Author/Creator: Josep J. Armengol
Publication Details: Atlantis, Revista de la Asociación Espãnola de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, Vol.29(2), pp.75-92
Annotation: Opens with an overview of gender and masculinity studies in American literature before comparing An African Story to Richard Ford s Communist to demonstrate how the conventional concept of masculinity as violence found in Hemingway s story evolves in the much later Ford story, thus challenging Hemingway s vision of violence as a test of manhood. Argues that Ford provides alternative nonviolent images of men able to leave their negative pasts in favor of positive futures.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015130973303691