Research Article

Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration

Number: 7 February 15, 2017
  • Justin Omar Johnston *
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Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration

Abstract

This article, “Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration,” seeks to develop a historically contingent reading of the term “masculinity” as it is elaborated in relation to sexuality and discipline. More specifically, I am interested in looking at the layers of discursive meanings that construct or clothe the body as “masculine.” My aim is not to undress this body of its prosthetic signifiers, but address this body, or to locate it in relation to its social surroundings, and disciplinary institutions. By examining a series of scenes, passages and arguments from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration, I will revise Gilles Deleuze’s notion of “masochism” to highlight the  political stakes in formulating a male homosocial masochistic scene. 

Keywords

References

  1. Barker, Pat. Regeneration. New York: Plume, 1993.
  2. Deleuze, Gilles. Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty. New York: Zone Books, 1991.
  3. Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality, Volume I. New York: Vintage Books, 1978.
  4. Sedgwick, Eve. Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire.New York: Columbia University Press. 1985.
  5. Wolff, Tobias. In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War. New York: Vintage, 1994.
  6. Zizek, Slavoj. The Sublime Object of Ideology. New York: Verso, 1989.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Justin Omar Johnston * This is me
United States

Publication Date

February 15, 2017

Submission Date

September 4, 2016

Acceptance Date

January 15, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Number: 7

APA
Johnston, J. O. (2017). Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, 7, 46-70. https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS
AMA
1.Johnston JO. Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration. Masculinities Journal. 2017;(7):46-70. https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS
Chicago
Johnston, Justin Omar. 2017. “Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, nos. 7: 46-70. https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS.
EndNote
Johnston JO (February 1, 2017) Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture 7 46–70.
IEEE
[1]J. O. Johnston, “Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration”, Masculinities Journal, no. 7, pp. 46–70, Feb. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS
ISNAD
Johnston, Justin Omar. “Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture. 7 (February 1, 2017): 46-70. https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS.
JAMA
1.Johnston JO. Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration. Masculinities Journal. 2017;:46–70.
MLA
Johnston, Justin Omar. “Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration”. Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, no. 7, Feb. 2017, pp. 46-70, https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS.
Vancouver
1.Justin Omar Johnston. Scenes of Masochism and Male Homosocial Desire from Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Pat Barker’s Regeneration. Masculinities Journal [Internet]. 2017 Feb. 1;(7):46-70. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA52PM32YS