Serialized Citizenships
Lorinda B. Cohoon
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Description for Serialized Citizenships
Paperback. In the last few decades, scholars have turned their attention to constructions of masculinity and its influence on expressions of nationality and citizenship. Serialized Citizenships participates in and critiques these ongoing conversations about boyhood by examining works produced between 1840 and the first decade of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 222 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
In the last few decades, scholars have turned their attention to constructions of masculinity and its influence on expressions of nationality and citizenship. Serialized Citizenships participates in and critiques these ongoing conversations about boyhood by examining works produced between 1840 and the first decade of the twentieth century. American boyhood has often been narrowly defined by nineteenth- and twentieth- century canonical texts, such as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, which represent boyhood as a time of rebellion against society. This book suggests that significant representations of American boyhood can be found elsewhere: in serialized texts published in middle-class magazines such as ... Read more
In the last few decades, scholars have turned their attention to constructions of masculinity and its influence on expressions of nationality and citizenship. Serialized Citizenships participates in and critiques these ongoing conversations about boyhood by examining works produced between 1840 and the first decade of the twentieth century. American boyhood has often been narrowly defined by nineteenth- and twentieth- century canonical texts, such as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, which represent boyhood as a time of rebellion against society. This book suggests that significant representations of American boyhood can be found elsewhere: in serialized texts published in middle-class magazines such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810854253
SKU
V9780810854253
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About Lorinda B. Cohoon
Lorinda B. Cohoon is Assistant Professor of English at The University of Memphis.
Reviews for Serialized Citizenships
...I consider Serialized Citizenships one of the more valuable texts published on children's literature and childhood studies in recent years, especially for the many ways it helps us to see that boyhood is a far less stable category of cultural understanding and critical analysis than we might have believed....Serialized Citizenships brings much needed attention to the distinctive nature of the ... Read more