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Masculinities in Literature of the American West
Lydia R. Cooper
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Description for Masculinities in Literature of the American West
Hardback. The Western genre provides some of the most iconic images of masculinity in the history of American literature. Challenging the notion of manliness in these Westerns, Cooper examines how contemporary authors such as Cormac McCarthy and Leslie Marmon Silko in fact expose the pervasive anxieties about what it means to "act like a man." Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Global Masculinities
Condition
New
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137568991
SKU
V9781137568991
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About Lydia R. Cooper
Lydia R. Cooper is Assistant Professor of English at Creighton University, USA. She is the author of No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in Cormac McCarthy, as well as numerous articles on McCarthy and other contemporary American and Native American writers.
Reviews for Masculinities in Literature of the American West
Lydia R. Cooper's Masculinities in Literature of the American West draws from contemporary scholarship in masculinity studies and Western American literary studies to convincingly argue that 'cowboy masculinity' in contemporary literature cannot be reduced to one, simple meaning or identity. Instead, Cooper demonstrates through lucid close readings that contemporary Westerns grapple with, reject, and offer alternatives to hegemonic manhood and ... Read more