Anxious men : masculinity in American fiction of the mid-twentieth century / Clive Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Clive (Clive David), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American fiction.

Masculinity in literature.

Anxiety in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Focusing on a complex and contentious period that was formative in shaping American society and culture in the twentieth century, this book sheds new light on the ways in which fiction engaged with contemporary notions of masculinity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Anxiety, Conformity and Masculinity

Chapter 1 ‘Organization Man’, Domestic Ideology and Manhood

Chapter 2 ‘Everything in him had come undone’: Violent Aggression, Courage and Masculine Identity

Chapter 3 Representing Sexualities and Gender

Chapter 4 Identity and Assimilation in Jewish American Fiction

Chapter 5 African American Identity and Masculinity

Afterword

Works Cited and Consulted

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-2388-4

OCLC:

1306542114