Between Profits and Primitivism

Shaping White Middle-Class Masculinity in the U.S., 1880-1917

AvAthena Devlin

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Between 1800 and the First World War, white middle-class men were depicted various forms of literature as weak and nervous. This book explores cultural writings dedicated to the physical and mental health of the male subject, showing that men have mobilized gender constructions repeatedly and self-consciously to position themselves within the culture. Aiming to join those who offer nuanced accounts of masculinity, Devlin investigates the various and changing interests white manhood was positioned to cultivate and the ways elite white men used "their own," so to speak, to promote larger agendas for their class and race.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-06-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415514750

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Athena Devlin's work on gender has appeared in TheColumbia Journal of American Studies and the anthology Women: Images and Realities. In addition to working on several public history projects and documentaries, she has taught American Studies and Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she earned her Ph.D., and St. Francis College in Brooklyn.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Managing the Middle-Class Male Body in the Age of Efficiency2. The Male Body and the Market Economy: the Case of Dreiser's Frank Cowperwood3. Male Hysteria and the Gendering of the Subconscious4. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk: Masculinity and the Supernatural Experience in Fiction