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03564aam a2200469 i 4500 001 6BC7448455EF11E58B7A61D1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150908010358 008 141119s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014041030 020 $a 1628924810 (hardback) 020 $a 9781628924817 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)889524227 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d COO $d ZCU $d CDX $d STF $d OCLCO $d ZWZ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS374.M37 $b M35 2015 082 00 $a 813/.509353 $2 23 084 $a LIT000000 $a LIT004040 $a LIT000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a McKinley, Maggie. 245 10 $a Masculinity and the paradox of violence in American fiction, 1950-75 / $c Maggie McKinley. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., $c 2015. 300 $a 204 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "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"-- Provided by publisher. 520 $a "An examination of the relationship between violence and masculinity in works by Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, James Baldwin, and Philip Roth, highlighting the inherent paradox whereby masculinity in this fiction is both asserted and undermined by acts of aggression"-- Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index. 505 0 $a Multiple Masculinities and the Momentum of Violence in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Existentialism, Violence, and Racial Identity: The Shape of Masculinity in Richard Wright's The Outsider and The Long Dream -- Violent Liberation and Racialized Masculinities: Norman Mailer's "The White Negro" and An American Dream -- From Herzog to Sammler: Saul Bellow's Meditations on Masculinity, Modernity, and Violence -- Desire, Violence, and Masculine Anxiety in Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and Another Country -- "A grueling and gratifying ethical life": Manhood, Morality, and Violence in Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and My Life as a Man. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Masculinity in literature. 650 0 $a Violence in literature. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Masculinity in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011040 650 7 $a Violence in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01167282 650 7 $a Roman ameÌricain $y 20e sieÌcle $x Histoire et critique. $2 ram 648 7 $a 1900 - 1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105055901.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6BC7448455EF11E58B7A61D1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search