Masculinities in Literature of the American West

Author:   Lydia R. Cooper
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   197
Publication Date:   19 February 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lydia R. Cooper
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Weight:   0.275kg
ISBN:  

9781349566006


ISBN 10:   1349566004
Pages:   197
Publication Date:   19 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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

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Lydia R. Cooper's Masculinities in Literature of the American West draws from contemporary scholarship in masculinity studies and Western American literary studies to convincingly argue that 'cowboy masculinity' in contemporary literature cannot be reduced to one, simple meaning or identity. Instead, Cooper demonstrates through lucid close readings that contemporary Westerns grapple with, reject, and offer alternatives to hegemonic manhood and the imperialist violence that underwrote the formation of the normative genre Western. This book offers an exciting account of how we can think about the Western today. - Daniel Worden, Associate Professor of English at the University of New Mexico, USA and author of Masculine Style: The American West and Literary Modernism


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Lydia R. Cooper is Assistant Professor of English at Creighton University, USA. She is the author of No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in Cormac McCarthy, as well as numerous articles on McCarthy and other contemporary American and Native American writers.

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