Signs of Masculinity: Men in Literature 1700 to the PresentAntony Rowland, Emma Liggins, Eriks Uskalis Rodopi, 1998 - 274 páginas Masculinity is becoming an increasingly popular area of study in areas as diverse as sociology, politics and cultural studies, yet significant research is lacking into connections between masculinity and literature. Signs of Masculinity aims at beginning to fill the gap. Starting with an introduction to, and intervention within, numerous debates concerning the cultural construction of various masculinities, the volume then continues with an investigation of representations of masculinity in literature from 1700 to the present. Close readings of texts are intended to demonstrate that masculinity is not a theoretical abstract, but a definitive textual and cultural phenomenon that needs to be recognised in the study of literature. It is hoped that the wide-ranging essays, which raise numerous issues, and are written from a variety of methodological approaches, will appeal to undergraduate, postgraduates and lecturers interest in the crucial but under-researched area of masculinity. |
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Men in Literature 17001900 | 31 |
Strange Longing and Horror in Robinson Crusoe | 37 |
Representations | 64 |
Sarah Ellis Anne Brontë | 89 |
Literary Evolution and Masculinity | 117 |
Edward Carpenter and findesiècle | 139 |
The Abjection of Pornography | 162 |
Sex Drugs and the Economics of Masculinity in William | 178 |
Class and Masculinity in Tony Harrisons Me Tarzan | 199 |
The Fiction of Ian McEwan | 218 |
Performing Masculinities | 246 |
Notes on Contributors | 270 |
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Signs of Masculinity: Men in Literature 1700 to the Present Antony Rowland,Emma Liggins,Eriks Uskalis Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
Signs of Masculinity: Men in Literature 1700 to the Present Antony Rowland,Emma Liggins,Eriks Uskalis Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
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