Masculinities in literature of the American West / Lydia R. Cooper.
2016
PS271 .C74 2016eb
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Title
Masculinities in literature of the American West / Lydia R. Cooper.
ISBN
9781137564771 (electronic book)
1137564776 (electronic book)
9781137568991
1137568992
9781137564757
1137564776 (electronic book)
9781137568991
1137568992
9781137564757
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
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1 online resource (xii, 197 pages).
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40025794469
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PS271 .C74 2016eb
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813/.08740935211
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines images of masculinity in contemporary literary Westerns, images that challenge the iconic, idealized heroes of traditional Westerns. These contemporary Westerns reinforce the critical importance of masculinity as a concept while critiquing the power and privilege associated with those iconic images of manhood"-- Provided by publisher.
"Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines images of masculinity in contemporary literary Westerns, images that challenge the iconic, idealized heroes of traditional Westerns. These contemporary Westerns reinforce the critical importance of masculinity as a concept while critiquing the power and privilege associated with those iconic images of manhood"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.
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Global masculinities series.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: "My American heart": how contemporary Westerns reimagine masculinity
1. The death of a cross-dressing bear: sexual violence and male rape on the frontier of Blood meridian
2. Of fertility and sterility: feminine masculinity and the Western in Ceremony
3. Outlaw geography: place and masculinity in Desperadoes and The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
4. Savages and citizens: revisions of the captivity narrative in Gardens in the dunes and The heartsong of Charging Elk
5. The unpunishing of Anton Chigurh: fraternity as the final frontier in No country for old men
6. Martial masculinity and the ethics of heroism in Fools crow.
1. The death of a cross-dressing bear: sexual violence and male rape on the frontier of Blood meridian
2. Of fertility and sterility: feminine masculinity and the Western in Ceremony
3. Outlaw geography: place and masculinity in Desperadoes and The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
4. Savages and citizens: revisions of the captivity narrative in Gardens in the dunes and The heartsong of Charging Elk
5. The unpunishing of Anton Chigurh: fraternity as the final frontier in No country for old men
6. Martial masculinity and the ethics of heroism in Fools crow.