Sexy Fascism Exemplifying the Relationship between Sex and Power
Sexy Fascism Exemplifying the Relationship between Sex and Power
Author(s): Jakub RawskiSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Sociology of Politics, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the sexiness of fascism as a phenomenon exemplifying the relationshipbetween sex and power. Rawski’s approach to fascism, inspired by Susan Sontag’s well-known essay Fascinating Fascism, spans not only the fields of literary and cultural studies, but also psychology, history and anthropology. By analysing selected cultural texts (novels and films) alongside historical sources that feature the image of the “beautiful Nazi,” Rawski confirms Michel Foucault’s theses about beauty and the relationship between power and sexuality. In the context of the Nazi criminals who were – and still are – perceived as unequivocally erotic objects, beauty appears as a sublimated tool of power over another person.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 133-152
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
