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Anxious men : masculinity in American fiction of the mid-twentieth century /
Focusing on a complex and contentious period that was formative in shaping American society and culture in the twentieth century, this book sheds new light on the ways in which fiction engaged with contemporary notions of masculinity.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: anxiety, conformity and masculinity; 1. 'Organisation Man', domestic ideology and manhood; 2. 'Everything in him had come undone': violent aggression, courage, and masculine identity; 3. Representing sexualities and gender; 4. Identity and assimilation in Jewish-American fiction; 5. African-American identity and masculinity; Afterword; Works cited and consulted; Index.