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Anxious Men : Masculinity in American Fiction of the Mid-Twentieth Century /

Explores representations of men and masculinity in American fiction published after the Second World WarOffers readings of a wide selection of postwar American novels from 1945 to the mid-1950s, including canonical works, from the unique perspective of their representation of male identityProvides r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baldwin, Clive (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Anxiety, Conformity and Masculinity
  • Chapter 1 'Organization Man', Domestic Ideology and Manhood
  • Chapter 2 'Everything in him had come undone': Violent Aggression, Courage and Masculine Identity
  • Chapter 3 Representing Sexualities and Gender
  • Chapter 4 Identity and Assimilation in Jewish American Fiction
  • Chapter 5 African American Identity and Masculinity
  • Afterword
  • Works Cited and Consulted
  • Index