Queer Chivalry : Medievalism and the Myth of White Masculinity in Southern Literature /

For the U.S. South, the myth of chivalric masculinity dominates the cultural and historical landscape. Visions of white southern men as archetypes of honor and gentility run throughout regional narratives with little regard for the actions and, at times, the atrocities committed by such men. In Quee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pugh, Tison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Amerikanisches Englisch
Literatur
Männlichkeit > Motiv
Mittelalter > Motiv
Homosexualität > Motiv
Middle Ages in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Literature.
Intellectual life.
Homosexuality in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Chevalerie dans la litterature.
Moyen Âge dans la litterature.
Homosexualite dans la litterature.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
USA > Südstaaten
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la litterature.
Southern States > Intellectual life.
Southern States > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For the U.S. South, the myth of chivalric masculinity dominates the cultural and historical landscape. Visions of white southern men as archetypes of honor and gentility run throughout regional narratives with little regard for the actions and, at times, the atrocities committed by such men. In Queer Chivalry, Tison Pugh exposes the inherent contradictions in these depictions of cavalier manhood, investigating the foundations of southern gallantry as a reincarnated and reauthorized version of medieval masculinity. Pugh argues that the idea of masculinity -- particularly as seen in works by.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780807151853

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