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04487aam a22006138i 4500 001 8FB87A2E246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 140603s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014015081 020 $a 1138016047 (hardback) 020 $a 9781138016040 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)877366511 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d NDD $d COO $d ZCU $d YUS $d CHVBK $d ORC $d CUD $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a PS374.M37 $b F47 2014 082 00 $a 813/.609353 $2 23 084 $a SOC032000 $a LIT000000 $a SOC032000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ferry, Peter, $d 1982- 245 10 $a Masculinity in contemporary New York fiction / $c Peter Ferry. 263 $a 1409 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, $c 2015. 300 $a xiii, 168 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; $v 25 520 $a "Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction is an interdisciplinary study that presents masculinity as a key thematic concern in contemporary New York fiction. This study argues that New York authors do not simply depict masculinity as a social and historical construction but seek to challenge the archetypal ideals of masculinity by writing counter-hegemonic narratives. Gendering canonical New York writers, namely Paul Auster, Bret Easton Ellis, and Don DeLillo, illustrates how explorations of masculinity are tied into the principal themes that have defined the American novel from its very beginning. The themes that feature in this study include the role of the novel in American society; the individual and (urban) society; the journey from innocence to awareness (of masculinity); the archetypal image of the absent and/or patriarchal father; the impact of homosocial relations on the everyday performance of masculinity; male sexuality; and the male individual and globalization. What connects these contemporary New York writers is their employment of the one of the great figures in the history of literature: the flaÌneur. These authors take the flaÌneur from the shadows of the Manhattan streets and elevate this figure to the role of self-reflexive agent of male subjectivity through which they write counter-hegemonic narratives of masculinity. This book is an essential reference for those with an interest in gender studies and contemporary American fiction"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: finding yourself in New York -- Walking Manhattan, writing masculinity: (re-)introducing the New York FlaÌneur with E.B. White's Here is New York and Joshua Ferrs' The Unnamed -- "The son saves the father": counter-hegemonic father figures in Paul Auster's fiction -- "Because I want to fit in": the influence of the male peer group in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho -- "A world citizen with a New York pair of balls": the global hegemonic male in Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Masculinity in literature. 650 0 $a Sex role in literature. 650 0 $a Men in literature. 650 0 $a Flaneurs in literature. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x In literature. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Flaneurs in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00927027 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Masculinity in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011040 650 7 $a Men in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01016054 650 7 $a Sex role in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01114649 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204333 650 7 $a Roman. $0 (DE-588)4050479-7 $2 gnd 650 7 $a MaÌnnlichkeit. $0 (DE-588)4372433-4 $2 gnd 651 7 $a New York, NY. $0 (DE-588)4042011-5 $2 gnd 648 7 $a 1900 - 2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; $v 25. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019013032.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8FB87A2E246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search