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Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction.

Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction is an interdisciplinary study that presents masculinity as a key thematic concern in contemporary New York fiction. This study argues that New York authors do not simply depict masculinity as a social and historical construction but seek to challenge the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferry, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Finding Yourself in New York; 2 Walking Manhattan, Writing Masculinity: (Re- )Introducing the New York Flâneur with E.B. White''s Here Is New York and Joshua Ferris'' The Unnamed; 3 ""The Son Saves the Father"": Counter-hegemonic Father Figures in Paul Auster''s Fiction; 4 ""Because I Want to Fit In"": The Influence of the Male Peer Group in Bret Easton Ellis'' American Psycho; 5 ""A World Citizen with a New York Pair of Balls"": The Global Hegemonic Male in Don DeLillo''s Cosmopolis; Bibliography; Index.