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Sentimental men : masculinity and the politics of affect in American culture / Mary Chapman and Glenn Hendler, editors.
Van Pelt Library PS153.M3 S46 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Male authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Men--United States--Psychology.
- Men.
- Sentimentalism in literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Emotions in literature.
- Men in literature.
- Psychology.
- American literature--Male authors.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- This bold volume challenges the association of sentimentality exclusively with femininity in studies of American culture. Its thirteen essays analyze sentimentalism not just as a literary genre but as a structure of feeling traversing many cultural forms: temperance testimonials, begging letters, historiography, philanthropic performance, photography, portraiture, and poetry.
- Essays from a variety of disciplines -- American studies, literature, history, art, gender -- together deconstruct the alignment of reason, commerce, and the public sphere with men and of feelings, domesticity, and the private sphere with women.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520216210
- 0520216229
- OCLC:
- 40838825
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