|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects
|
Buy Now
The Measure of Manliness - Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-Victorian Novel (Paperback)
Loot Price: R972
Discovery Miles 9 720
|
|
|
The Measure of Manliness - Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-Victorian Novel (Paperback)
Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
The Measure of Manliness examines the proliferation of crippled,
maimed, and disabled men in the mid-nineteenth-century novel,
showing that far from being marginalized or pathologized,
disability was central to Victorian narrative form. Karen Bourrier
argues that this unexpected interest in masculine weakness and
disability was a response to the rise of a new Victorian culture of
industry and vitality, and its corollary emphasis on a hardy,
active manhood. In chapters on novels by Kingsley, Yonge, Mulock
Craik, Arnold, Eliot, and Henry James, Bourrier shows how the
figure of the voluble weak man was a necessary narrative complement
to the silent strong man. The analysis unites historical and
narrative concerns, showing how developments in nineteenth-century
masculinity led to a formal innovation in literature: the
focalization or narration of the novel through the perspective of a
weak or disabled man. The book will appeal to those interested in
disability studies, gender and masculinity studies, the
theorization of sympathy and affect, the recovery of women's
writing and popular fiction, the history of medicine and
technology, and queer theory.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
