Masculinities in Literature of the American West [electronic resource] / by Lydia R. Cooper.
Masculinities in Literature of the American West
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137564771
Yer Numarası
EK/2463
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2016.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XIII, 197 p. online resource.
Dizi
Global Masculinities, 2946-3866
Özet, vb.
The Western genre provides the most widely recognized, iconic images of masculinity in the United States - gun-slinging, laconic white male heroes who emphasize individualism, violence, and an idiosyncratic form of justice. This idealized masculinity has been fused with ideas of national identity and character. Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines how contemporary literary Westerns push back against the coded image of the Western hero, exposing pervasive anxieties about what it means to "act like a man." Contemporary Westerns critique assumptions about innate connections between power, masculinity, and "American" character that influence public rhetoric even in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These novels struggle with the monumental challenge of all Westerns: the challenge of being human in a place where "being a man" is so strictly coded, so unachievable, so complicit in atrocity, and so desirable that it is worth dying for, worth killing for, or perhaps worth nothing at all.
Konu
Literature, Modern __ 20th century.
Sex.
Literature.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
America __ Literatures.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
North American Literature.
Sex.
Literature.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
America __ Literatures.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
North American Literature.
Kurum Adı
