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UNINA9910455689903321 |
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Forter Greg |
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Murdering masculinities [[electronic resource] ] : fantasies of gender and violence in the American crime novel / / Greg Forter |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2000 |
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0-8147-2871-5 |
0-8147-2818-9 |
0-585-42491-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism |
Psychoanalysis and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
American fiction - Male authors - History and criticism |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Masculinity in literature |
Criminals in literature |
Violence in literature |
Fantasy in literature |
Crime in literature |
Men in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Hardboiled Masochism: The Corpse in Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key; 2 Deadly Is the Female Animal: Smell in James Cain's Serenade; 3 The Apocalypse of Male Vision: Vomit in William Faulkner's Sanctuary; 4 The Killer in Me Is the Killer in You: Violent Voice in Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280; 5 The Waste of White Masculinity: Excrement in Chester Himes's Blind Man with a Pistol; Afterword; Notes; Index; About the Author |
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Though American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes and limiting ideas of masculinity, Greg Forter maintains that they are instead psychologically complex and |
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sophisticated works that demand closer attention. Eschewing the synthetic methodologies of earlier work on crime fiction, Murdering Masculinities argues that the crime novel does not provide a consolidated and stable notion of masculinity. Rather, it demands that male readers take responsibility for the desires they project on to these novels. Forter examines the narrative strategies of five novels--Hamme |
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UNINA9910450798903321 |
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Autore |
Merkur Daniel |
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Psychoanalytic approaches to myth [[electronic resource] ] : Freud and the Freudians / / Dan Merkur |
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New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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1-280-10689-1 |
0-203-99724-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 p.) |
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Myth - Psychological aspects |
Mythology |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index. |
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Front Cover; Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Mythology into Metapsychology; Chapter 2. Myth as Unconscious Manifestation; Karl Abraham; Otto Rank; The Game Theft Myth; Chapter 3. Myth and the Basic Dream; The Cultural Context of Symbolism; The Ontogenetic Theory of Culture; The Genitality of Myths; Concluding Reflections; Chapter 4. Myth as Defense and Adaptation; Abram Kardiner; The Mechanisms of Defense; Jacob A. Arlow; The Navajo Coyoteway Ceremonial; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Myth as Metaphor |
Silberer's Anagogical ApproachMetaphor Theory; Metaphor Theory and Myths; The Implicit Content of Myths; The Subject Matter and Definition |
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