Masculinities in Literature of the American West (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

The Western genre provides the most widely recognized, iconic images of masculinity in the United States - gun-slinging, laconic white male heroes who emphasize individualism, violence, and an idiosyncratic form of justice. This idealized masculinity has been fused with ideas of national identity and character. Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines how contemporary literary Westerns push back against the coded image of the Western hero, exposing pervasive anxieties about what it means to "act like a man." Contemporary Westerns critique assumptions about innate connections between power, masculinity, and "American" character that influence public rhetoric even in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These novels struggle with the monumental challenge of all Westerns: the challenge of being human in a place where "being a man" is so strictly coded, so unachievable, so complicit in atrocity, and so desirable that it is worth dying for, worth killing for, or perhaps worth nothing at all.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Global Masculinities
Release date:	2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Lydia R Cooper
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	197
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-56899-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies Promotions
LSN:	1-137-56899-2
Barcode:	9781137568991

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