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  title info:
    title: Masculinity and the paradox of violence in American fiction, 1950-75
  name:
    name part: McKinley, Maggie
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 204 pages ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-1975 explores the intersections of violence, masculinity, and racial and ethnic tension in America as it is depicted in the fiction of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, James Baldwin and Philip Roth. Maggie McKinley reconsiders the longstanding association between masculinity and violence, locating a problematic paradox within works by these writers. As each author figures violence as central to the establishment of a liberated masculine identity, the use of this violence often reaffirms many constricting and emasculating cultural myths and power structures that the authors and their protagonists are seeking to overturn.
  table of contents: Introduction I. Multiple Masculinities and the Momentum of Violence in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man II. Existentialism, Violence, and Racial Identity: The Shape of Masculinity in Richard Wright's The Outsider and The Long Dream III. Violent Liberation and Racialized Masculinities: Norman Mailer's "The White Negro" and An American Dream IV. From Herzog to Sammler: Saul Bellow's Meditations on Masculinity, Modernity, and Violence V. Desire, Violence, and Masculine Anxiety in Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and Another Country VI. "A grueling and gratifying ethical life": Manhood, Morality, and Violence in Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and My Life as a Man Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index.
  note: Maggie McKinley.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: American fiction
    temporal: 20th century
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Masculinity in literature
  subject:
    topic: Violence in literature
  subject:
    topic: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
  subject:
    topic: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American
  subject:
    topic: LITERARY CRITICISM / General
  classification: PS374.M37 M35 2015
  classification: 813/.509353
  identifier: 9781628924817 (hardcover)
  identifier: 1628924810 (hardcover)
  identifier: 2014041030
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 141119
    record change date: 20151105192614.0
    record identifier: in00003527992