Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke

The following thesis explicates how in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) and Choke (2001), the anonymous narrator and Victor Mancini struggle with a certain crisis of manhood as a result of the “contradictory experiences of power” under the impositions of hegemonic masculinity in addition to a sen...

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Main Author:	Vafa, Amirhossein
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Protagonists (Persons) in literature Men in literature Masculinity in literature
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22141/7/FBMK%202010%2037.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.221412013-10-29T04:04:50Z Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke 2010-07 Vafa, Amirhossein The following thesis explicates how in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) and Choke (2001), the anonymous narrator and Victor Mancini struggle with a certain crisis of manhood as a result of the “contradictory experiences of power” under the impositions of hegemonic masculinity in addition to a sense of “silence” or disparity between their lived experiences and their inherited language of masculinity caused by the new ideologies of parenting. As a response, it is argued that the two protagonists instigate nostalgic backlashes to grapple with the outlets of their crises. While the backlashes materialize as transgressive assertions of “phallic masculinity,”the protagonists eventually become disillusioned with their struggles and opt instead,to come to terms with the crisis of manhood by bonding with certain female characters. This thesis argues that such partial resolutions suggest that both protagonists decide to come to terms with their crises by rearranging “power relations” rather than to assert power as a way toward resolution. Protagonists (Persons) in literature Men in literature Masculinity in literature 2010-07 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22141/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22141/7/FBMK%202010%2037.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Protagonists (Persons) in literature Men in literature Masculinity in literature Faculty of Modern Language and Communication English
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description	The following thesis explicates how in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club (1996) and Choke (2001), the anonymous narrator and Victor Mancini struggle with a certain crisis of manhood as a result of the “contradictory experiences of power” under the impositions of hegemonic masculinity in addition to a sense of “silence” or disparity between their lived experiences and their inherited language of masculinity caused by the new ideologies of parenting. As a response, it is argued that the two protagonists instigate nostalgic backlashes to grapple with the outlets of their crises. While the backlashes materialize as transgressive assertions of “phallic masculinity,”the protagonists eventually become disillusioned with their struggles and opt instead,to come to terms with the crisis of manhood by bonding with certain female characters. This thesis argues that such partial resolutions suggest that both protagonists decide to come to terms with their crises by rearranging “power relations” rather than to assert power as a way toward resolution.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Vafa, Amirhossein
author_facet	Vafa, Amirhossein
author_sort	Vafa, Amirhossein
title	Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke
title_short	Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke
title_full	Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke
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title_full_unstemmed	Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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publishDate	2010
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22141/7/FBMK%202010%2037.pdf
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Manhood crisis in chuck palahniuk's Fight Club and Choke

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