A Critique of Max Glickman’s Sexuality in Howard Jacobson’s Kalooki Nights

Abstract

This research article aims at critiquing the sexuality of Max Glickman’s character in Howard Jacobson’s novel Kalooki Nights by tracing the instances from the text that can reveal information on the formation and complexities of his sexual identity. The article is divided into four segments namely “Author’s Introduction”, “About the Novel”, “A Critique of Max Glickman’s Sexuality”, and the “Conclusion”. Three metonyms feminising the male Jewish body are critiqued in the light of post-Holocaust setting. The article concludes with Max Glickman’s sexual identity defies heteronormativity, failing traditional masculinity expectations, and his masochistic and fetishistic tendencies shape his complex sexual realm, influenced by the Jewish stereotypes, history, and post-Holocaust trauma.