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Overview"Portraits of self-made men are rife in Western culture, as James V. Catano observes in this text. Positive and negative, admittedly fictional and ostensibly factual, these portraits endure because the general rhetorical practice embodied in the myth of the self-made man enacts both the need and the very means for making oneself masculine: verbal power and prowess. The myth of the self-made man, in shoty, is part of ongoing rhetorical practices that constitute society, culture, and subjects. To explain those practices and their effectiveness, Catano argues that the basic narrative achieves much of its effectiveness by engaging and enacting the traditional psychological dynamics of the family romance: pre-oedipal separation, oedipal conflict, and """"proper"""" post-oedipal self-definition and socialization." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James V. CatanoPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.437kg ISBN: 9780809323951ISBN 10: 0809323958 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 31 October 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsExamining narratives of the self-made man from Carnegie to Iacocca, with African-American, ethnic, and worker narratives included, this book shows the persuasive powers of [the story of the self-made man] in creating and re-creating masculinity. This book will help articulate the relationship of rhetoric and psychoanalysis beyond the limits of individualism to cultural questions of gender, race, and class. - Suzanne Clark, author of Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West Examining narratives of the self-made man from Carnegie to Iacocca, with African-American, ethnic, and worker narratives included, this book shows the persuasive powers of [the story of the self-made man] in creating and re-creating masculinity. This book will help articulate the relationship of rhetoric and psychoanalysis beyond the limits of individualism to cultural questions of gender, race, and class. - Suzanne Clark, author of Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West Author InformationJames V. Catano, professor of English at Louisiana State University and a member of the women's and gender studies program, is the coordinator of the Writing and Culture Concentration. He is the author of Language, History, Style: Leo Spitzer and the Critical Tradition. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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