LEADER 03774nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910455689903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-2871-5 010 $a0-8147-2818-9 010 $a0-585-42491-8 035 $a(CKB)111056486726266 035 $a(EBL)865440 035 $a(OCoLC)779828072 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000206958 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206958 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235467 035 $a(PQKB)11603851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865440 035 $a(OCoLC)50724085 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10838 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032558 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486726266 100 $a20000531d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMurdering masculinities$b[electronic resource] $efantasies of gender and violence in the American crime novel /$fGreg Forter 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 225 1 $aSexual cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2691-7 311 $a0-8147-2690-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThough American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes and limiting ideas of masculinity, Greg Forter maintains that they are instead psychologically complex and sophisticated works that demand closer attention. Eschewing the synthetic methodologies of earlier work on crime fiction, Murdering Masculinities argues that the crime novel does not provide a consolidated and stable notion of masculinity. Rather, it demands that male readers take responsibility for the desires they project on to these novels. Forter examines the narrative strategies of five novels--Hamme 410 0$aSexual cultures. 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPsychoanalysis and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$xMale authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aCriminals in literature 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aFantasy in literature 606 $aCrime in literature 606 $aMen in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPsychoanalysis and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xMale authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aCriminals in literature. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aFantasy in literature. 615 0$aCrime in literature. 615 0$aMen in literature. 676 $a813/.087209353 700 $aForter$b Greg$01030905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455689903321 996 $aMurdering masculinities$92448052 997 $aUNINA