Hypermasculinities in the contemporary novel : Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin / / by Josef Benson |
Autore | Benson Josef <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509353 |
Collana | Contemporary American Literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Masculinity in literature Men in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4422-3761-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458534803321 |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 | ||
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Hypermasculinities in the contemporary novel : Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin / / by Josef Benson |
Autore | Benson Josef <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509353 |
Collana | Contemporary American Literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Masculinity in literature Men in literature |
ISBN | 1-4422-3761-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791014103321 |
Benson Josef <1974->
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hypermasculinities in the contemporary novel : Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin / / by Josef Benson |
Autore | Benson Josef <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509353 |
Collana | Contemporary American Literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Masculinity in literature Men in literature |
ISBN | 1-4422-3761-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820339903321 |
Benson Josef <1974->
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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J. D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye : a cultural history / / Josef Benson |
Autore | Benson Josef <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
ISBN | 1-4422-7795-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The birth of a novel: Holden and Salinger: two men in the closet (a close reading) -- Catcher in the fifties: sweet sixteen and the king -- Catcher in the sixties: false profits -- Catcher in the seventies: uprisings and infiltrations -- Catcher in the eighties: law suits and murder -- Catcher in the nineties and to the present: legacies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794926603321 |
Benson Josef <1974->
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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J. D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye : a cultural history / / Josef Benson |
Autore | Benson Josef <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
ISBN | 1-4422-7795-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The birth of a novel: Holden and Salinger: two men in the closet (a close reading) -- Catcher in the fifties: sweet sixteen and the king -- Catcher in the sixties: false profits -- Catcher in the seventies: uprisings and infiltrations -- Catcher in the eighties: law suits and murder -- Catcher in the nineties and to the present: legacies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811632203321 |
Benson Josef <1974->
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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