Boxing-Rape-Masculinity (on the Example of Whales and Moths. Diaries and The King by Szczepan Twardoch) Cover Image

Boks – gwałt – męskość (na przykładzie Wielorybów i ciem. Dzienników oraz Króla Szczepana Twardocha)
Boxing-Rape-Masculinity (on the Example of Whales and Moths. Diaries and The King by Szczepan Twardoch)

Author(s): Marta Tomczok
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: sports; transhumanism; pulp/popular novel; Muscular Judaism

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author tackles the bodily aspects of two recent books by Szczepan Twardoch: Wieloryby i ćmy. Dzienniki (Whales and Moths. Diaries) and Król (The King) in the context of sports, transhumanism and rape culture. The main thesis is that as a pulp novel Król not only depicts a popular image of pre-war Poland (and in particular its Polish-Jewish relations) but also represents a specific yet often ignored ideological approach. The core aim is to fill this critical gap by identifying and analyzing this approach.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 151-165
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish