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001 2015026189
003 DLC
005 20150812082415.0
008 150811s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015026189
020 $a9781137568991 (hardback)
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050 00 $aPS271$b.C74 2016
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084 $aLIT000000$aLIT004020$aLIT007000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCooper, Lydia R.,$d1980-
245 10 $aMasculinities in literature of the American West /$cLydia R. Cooper.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2016.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aGlobal masculinities
520 $a"The Western genre provides the most widely recognized, iconic images of masculinity in the United States - gun-slinging, laconic white male heroes who emphasize individualism, violence, and an idiosyncratic form of justice. This idealized masculinity has been fused with ideas of national identity and character. Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines how contemporary literary Westerns push back against the coded image of the Western hero, exposing pervasive anxieties about what it means to "act like a man." Contemporary Westerns critique assumptions about innate connections between power, masculinity, and "American" character that influence public rhetoric even in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These novels struggle with the monumental challenge of all Westerns: the challenge of being human in a place where "being a man" is so strictly coded, so unachievable, so complicit in atrocity, and so desirable that it is worth dying for, worth killing for, or perhaps worth nothing at all"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Masculinities in Literature of the American West examines images of masculinity in contemporary literary Westerns, images that challenge the iconic, idealized heroes of traditional Westerns. These contemporary Westerns reinforce the critical importance of masculinity as a concept while critiquing the power and privilege associated with those iconic images of manhood"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: 'My American heart': How Contemporary Westerns Reimagine Masculinity 1. The Death of a Cross-Dressing Bear: Sexual Violence and Male Rape on the Frontier of Blood Meridian 2. Of Sterility and Fertility: Feminine Masculinity and the Western in Ceremony 3. Outlaw Geography: Place and Masculinity in Desperadoes and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 4. Savages and Citizens: Revisions of the Captivity Narrative in Gardens in the Dunes and The Heartsong of Charging Elk 5. The Un-Punishing of Anton Chigurh: Fraternity as the Final Frontier in No Country for Old Men 6. Martial Masculinity and the Ethics of Heroism in Fools Crow.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWestern stories$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMasculinity in literature.
650 0 $aMen in lliterature.
650 0 $aMen$xIdentity.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American$xHistory.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xIn literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.$2bisacsh