LEADER 03467oam 2200793I 450 001 9910965379903321 005 20240405105755.0 010 $a1-135-87683-5 010 $a1-135-87684-3 010 $a0-203-49122-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203491225 035 $a(CKB)2670000000259548 035 $a(EBL)183032 035 $a(OCoLC)815644491 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757605 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11517286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757605 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10771676 035 $a(PQKB)10912259 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC183032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL183032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10611608 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761297 035 $a(OCoLC)812911576 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000259548 100 $a20130331d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween profits and primitivism $eshaping white middle-class masculinity in the United States, 1880-1917 /$fAthena Devlin 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 225 1 $aLiterary criticism and cultural theory 225 0$aLiterary criticism and cultural theory 300 $aFirst issued in paperback 2011. 311 08$a0-415-51475-4 311 08$a0-415-97077-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-169) and index. 327 $aManaging the middle-class male body in the age of efficiency -- The male body and the market economy : valuating Dreiser's Cowperwood -- Male hysteria and the gendering of the subconscious -- Shapes that haunt the dusk : masculinity and the supernatural experience in fiction. 330 $aBetween 1800 and the First World War, white middle-class men were depicted various forms of literature as weak and nervous. This book explores cultural writings dedicated to the physical and mental health of the male subject, showing that men have mobilized gender constructions repeatedly and self-consciously to position themselves within the culture. Aiming to join those who offer nuanced accounts of masculinity, Devlin investigates the various and changing interests white manhood was positioned to cultivate and the ways elite white men used ""their own,"" so to speak, to promote larger ag 410 0$aLiterary Criticism and Cultural Theory 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aAmerican fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican prose literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMiddle class men in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aMen, White, in literature 606 $aMen in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMiddle class men in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aMen, White, in literature. 615 0$aMen in literature. 676 $a813/.509353 700 $aDevlin$b Athena$f1967-,$01820656 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965379903321 996 $aBetween profits and primitivism$94383000 997 $aUNINA