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Autore |
Benson Josef <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Hypermasculinities in the contemporary novel : Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin / / by Josef Benson |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary American Literature |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Masculinity in literature |
Men in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; American Hypermasculinities; Ironic Failed Heroism; Aesthetics as Critique; Notes; 1 An Ironic Contention; The Origins of American Frontier Hypermasculinities; Hypermasculinities on the Frontier; The Judge as Narrative Force; Images of Dead Children; Christian Imagery; The Kid as Ironic Hero; Notes; 2 A Hero by Default; Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses; Cowboy Hypermasculinities; The Tenuousness of Identities Based on Myth; An America with No Room for a Cowboy; Mexican Context; Homosexuality; Failed Heroism; Notes |
3 Black Masculinities and Cultural Incest in Song of SolomonAmerican Context; Blackness as an Invention of Whites; Black Masculinities; Aesthetics: Flight toward Orality; Pilate as Failed Hero; The Trafficking of Women and the Incest Taboo; A Politics of Failure; Notes; 4 Staggerlee in the Closet; Morrison, Baldwin, and Family; Staggerlee as Hypermasculine Folkloric Referent; Politics of Failure; American Context: Baldwin, Cleaver, and Mailer; Closeted Sexualities; Blackness Defined by Whites; Sex, Race, and Heroic Failure; Notes; Conclusion; Notes; References Cited; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>This book examines exaggerated masculinities in select novels by James Baldwin, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison. |
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