LEADER 04030oam 2200625I 450 001 9910974918103321 005 20251116205520.0 010 $a1-315-79398-9 010 $a1-317-74315-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315793986 035 $a(CKB)2550000001345744 035 $a(OCoLC)891383387 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1770560 035 $a(OCoLC)897457650 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001345744 100 $a20180706d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMasculinity in contemporary New York fiction /$fPeter Ferry 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature ;$v25 311 08$a1-138-01604-7 311 08$a1-322-07368-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction : finding yourself in New York -- 2. Walking Manhattan, writing masculinity : (re-)introducing the New York flaneur with E.B. White's Here is New York and Joshua Ferris' The unnamed -- 3. "The son saves the father" : counter-hegemonic father figures in Paul Auster's fiction -- 4. "Because I want to fit in" : the influence of the male peer group in Bret Easton Ellis' American psycho -- 5. "A world citizen with a New York pair of balls" : the global hegemonic male in Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis. 330 $a"Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction is an interdisciplinary study that presents masculinity as a key thematic concern in contemporary New York fiction. This study argues that New York authors do not simply depict masculinity as a social and historical construction but seek to challenge the archetypal ideals of masculinity by writing counter-hegemonic narratives. Gendering canonical New York writers, namely Paul Auster, Bret Easton Ellis, and Don DeLillo, illustrates how explorations of masculinity are tied into the principal themes that have defined the American novel from its very beginning. The themes that feature in this study include the role of the novel in American society; the individual and (urban) society; the journey from innocence to awareness (of masculinity); the archetypal image of the absent and/or patriarchal father; the impact of homosocial relations on the everyday performance of masculinity; male sexuality; and the male individual and globalization. What connects these contemporary New York writers is their employment of the one of the great figures in the history of literature: the flaneur. These authors take the flaneur from the shadows of the Manhattan streets and elevate this figure to the role of self-reflexive agent of male subjectivity through which they write counter-hegemonic narratives of masculinity. This book is an essential reference for those with an interest in gender studies and contemporary American fiction"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge transnational perspectives on American literature ;$v25. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aMen in literature 606 $aFlaneurs in literature 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aMen in literature. 615 0$aFlaneurs in literature. 676 $a813/.609353 686 $aLIT004020$aLIT000000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh 700 $aFerry$b Peter$f1982-$01864076 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974918103321 996 $aMasculinity in contemporary New York fiction$94470792 997 $aUNINA