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Frontiers of boyhood : imagining America, past and future / Martin Woodside.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodside, Martin, author.
- Series:
- William F. Cody series on the history and culture of the American West ; v.7.
- The William F. Cody series on the history and culture of the American West ; volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity in popular culture.
- History.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Mythology.
- West (U.S.)--In popular culture.
- West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--Mythology--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Boys--Books and reading--United States.
- Boys.
- Boys--Books and reading.
- United States.
- Boys in literature.
- Masculinity in popular culture--United States--History.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 240 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Revisits these narratives of American boyhood and frontier mythology to show how they worked against and through one another-and how this interaction shaped ideas about national character, identity, and progress"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Boy life on the prairie : Garland, Twain, Cody, and ideal boyhood
- Dangerous adolescence and the dime western
- The Wild West : making history and American boyhood
- Children, spectacle, and agency in Wild West performance
- Work and play : building character on the imagined frontier
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806164762
- 080616476X
- OCLC:
- 1122802123
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