Between profits and primitivism : shaping white middle-class masculinity in the United States, 1880-1917 / Athena Devlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Devlin, Athena, 1967- author.

Series:

Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945--Characters--Men.

Dreiser, Theodore.

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

American fiction.

Masculinity in literature.

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

American prose literature--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

Middle class men in literature.

Human body in literature.

Men, White, in literature.

Men in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 ag

Contents:

Managing the middle-class male body in the age of efficiency

The male body and the market economy : valuating Dreiser's Cowperwood

Male hysteria and the gendering of the subconscious

Shapes that haunt the dusk : masculinity and the supernatural experience in fiction.

Notes:

First issued in paperback 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-169) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-87683-5

1-135-87684-3

0-203-49122-X

9780203491225

OCLC:

815644491