The inflexible understanding of the appropriate social roles and characteristics for men and women is perhaps one of the most crucial elements in terms of reinforcing inequality. In the ‘traditional’ discourse of war, the perceived differences between men and women are emphasized even more actively than during the time of...

Ernest Hemingway’s novels are frequently pointed to for providing a clear example of the “Tip of the Iceberg” style of writing in which only the barest of details are provided to a story, leaving the reader to fill in the gaps and understand for themselves the depth of meaning hidden...