The illegible man : disability and masculinity in twentieth-century America / Will Kanyusik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanyusik, Will, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Disabilities in literature.

Masculinity in literature.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Disabilities in motion pictures.

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Disability and masculinity in twentieth-century America

Disability and masculinity in 20th-century America

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2025]

Contents:

Disability, masculinity, and the problem of legibility in postwar American fiction

From trust to suspicion : disability, masculinity, and the American culture of scrutiny in the War department documentary

Tactile visions : disability, prosthesis, and the problem of recognition in postwar American cinema

Returns and repressions : economies of violence and anxieties on the home front

Landscapes of loss : disability, the American wilderness, and the remasculinization of the Vietnam veteran

Coda : disability, resilience, and the cost of American hegemony under neoliberalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 02, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Kanyusik, Will. Illegible man

ISBN:

9780253071804

0253071801

9780253071811

025307181X

Publisher Number:

40032591555

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.