Odysseus's unease: the post-war crisis of masculinity in Melvyn Bragg's "The soldier's return" and "A son of war"
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1273
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i9.152
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i9.152
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Martín Alegre, SaraDate
2008Abstract
Melvyn Bragg’s autobiographical novels The Soldier’s Return (1999) and A Son of War (2001) narrate the return home of a working-class English WWII veteran mainly from the point of view of his son Joe (Bragg’s alter ego). By reading this new Odysseus’ return in the light of the analysis of hegemonic patriarchal masculinity carried out in Men’s Studies, this article shows that the experience of the veteran’s return to peace is central for the re-articulation not only of his individuality as a man but also for the continuation of the patriarchal model in Western societies, even at the expense of class loyalties and, indeed, at the expense of women’s liberation. Las novelas autobiográfi cas de Melvyn Bragg The Soldier’s Return (1999) y A Son of War (2001) narran el regreso al hogar de un veterano inglés de clase obrera tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, principalmente desde el punto de vista de su hijo Joe (alter ego de Bragg). Gracias a la lectura del regreso de este nuevo Ulises, iluminada ...
Palabra/s clave
Masculinity
patriarchy
fatherhood
hegemony
social class
Masculinidad
patriarcado
paternidad
hegemonía
clase social