Alternative masculinities for a changing world / edited by Àngels Carabí and Josep M. Armengol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carabí, Angels, editor.

Armengol, Josep M., 1976- editor.

Series:

Global masculinities series

Global masculinities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Masculinity in literature.

Men in literature.

Masculinity.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Despite our globalized and rapidly changing world, hegemonic models of masculinity still prevail. This collection looks at gender equitable movements in order to pave the way to new or "alternative" forms of manhood. Bridging the gap between the social sciences and the humanities, Part 1 offers an interdisciplinary perspective from the fields of social work theory, sociology, anthropology, and literary studies while Part II delves into the complex paths that fictional characters undergo on their way to eventually becoming more egalitarian men. The essays all work from the assumption that the wide variety and psychological complexity of literary characters can be helpful for men to rethink their own masculine identities in profound ways. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I. Alternative masculinities : an interdisciplinary perspective

Reconstructing masculinity or ending manhood? : the potential and limitations of transforming masculine subjectivities for gender equality / Bob Pease

Men's anti-violence activism and the construction of gender-equitable masculinities / Michael Flood

Alternative cultures of masculinity : an anthropological approach / Matthew Gutmann

Aging beyond masculinities, or, The penis as failed synecdoche / David Leverenz

Part II. Alternative models of manhood : representations in U.S. literature and culture. Section one: New fathers

On learning not to love the Oedipus complex, revisited / David Leverenz

Authoritarian, missing, or nurturing? fathers in American drama / Barbara Ozieblo

Fathers who care : alternative father figures in Annie Proulx's The shipping news and Jonathan Franzen's The corrections / Teresa Requena-Pelegrí. Section two: Non-violent models of manhood

Alternative masculinities in Richard Ford's fiction and/vs. Susanne Bier's In a better world / Josep M. Armengol

Facing xenocidal guilt : atypical masculinity in Orson Scott Card's Ender's saga / Sara Martín

Section three: Alternative gender relations

Progressive masculinities: envisioning alternative models for black manhood in Toni Morrison's novels / Mar Gallego

Meeting halfway : contradictions, transformation and alternative masculinities in Arturo Islas'La Mollie and the king of tears / Aishih Wehbe-Herrera

Section four: The alternative of crossing boundaries

Reconfiguring the male : masculinities beyond capitalism in Paul Auster's Sunset park / Mercè Cuenca

Transitory masculinities in post-9/11 Arab American literature written by women / Marta Bosch-Vilarrubias.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137462558

1137462558

OCLC:

881387479