The American Elsewhere : Adventure and Manliness in the Age of Expansion /

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"Adventure is a common thread in the mythology of the American West. In the era of manifest destiny, mountain men and frontiersmen blazed trails across the continent in ways that still loom large in the American imagination. The life of mountain man Hugh Glass, for example, has inspired numerou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryan, Jimmy L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Territorial expansion.
Masculinity in popular culture.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Adventure stories, American.
Adventure and adventurers.
Masculinite dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Adventure stories, American > History and criticism.
Masculinity in popular culture > United States.
Masculinity > West (U.S.) > History.
Adventure and adventurers > West (U.S.)
West United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire > 19e siecle.
United States > Territorial expansion > Social aspects.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The adventurous impulse
  • The storyteller nation
  • An aristocracy of buckskin
  • Sentimental frontiers
  • The companionship of peril
  • Romantic invaders
  • Epilogue: Legacies of adventurous manhood.

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