Boks – gwałt – męskość (na przykładzie Wielorybów i ciem. Dzienników oraz Króla Szczepana Twardocha)

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.

Keywords

• sports
• transhumanism
• pulp/popular novel
• Muscular Judaism