Abell, Cammie Marie Consent and descent: what money can and can't buy in Hemingway and Fitzgerald. 2003. Radford University, Thesis. Radford University Scholars' Repository.
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Abstract
Studies concerning cultural identity have been growing at an increasing rate in the field ofliterary scholarship. Werner Sollors argues that conflicts between cultures of consent and descent, and their complex relationship with the ambiguous nature of ethnicity, offer a means by which to examine American literature anew. Although Sollors examines works written mainly by ethnic writers, the theoretical concepts he presents can also be used to examine the ways in which cultures of consent and descent affect the construction of ethnic characters in works by non-ethnic writers. In The Sun Also Rises and The Great Gatsby, the relationship between cultural identity and money is the heart of the conflict between consent and descent for both Robert Cohn and Jay Gatsby. Both characters use their money as a means from which to be accepted into their desired cultures of consent, but ultimately their cultures of descent marginalize them from the world they want to be a part of.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PS American literature |
| Divisions: | Radford University > College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences > Department of English (defunct, 2024) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2026 16:05 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2026 16:05 |
| URI: | http://wagner.radford.edu/id/eprint/1312 |
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