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02797aam a22004578i 4500 001 C1C89B1AB81211E9A4E5754297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190806010914 008 181031s2019 lau b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018050916 020 $a 080717078X 020 $a 9780807170786 035 $a (OCoLC)1056478369 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usc-- 050 00 $a PS273 $b .O44 2019 082 00 $a 810.9/92860977 $2 23 100 1 $a Oler, Andy $e author. 245 10 $a Old-fashioned modernism : $b rural masculinity and Midwestern literature / $c Andy Oler. 263 $a 1905 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 234 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "The Midwest holds two conflicting positions in the American cultural imagination, both of which rob the region of its distinctiveness. Often, it is seen as the "heartland," a pastoral ideal standing in for all of American culture. Alternatively, the Midwest can represent "flyover country," part of an expansive, undifferentiated mass between the coasts. In Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity and Midwestern Literature, Andy Oler challenges both views by pairing fiction and poetry from the region with cultural and material texts that illustrate the processes by which regional modernism both opposes and absorbs prevailing models of twentieth-century manhood"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Masculinity and Midwestern modernism -- Manufacturing rural modernity: The "Vast Energy" of Midwestern Masculinity -- "The Rustic Dream": Gender Norms, Rural Time, and the Modern Countryside -- "Where People and Things Wear Out": Masculine Fatigue and the Great Plains Farm Novel -- "A Dreamy-Eyed Boy": Chicago, Race Records, and Regional Black Masculinity -- Conclusion: Contemporary Manhood and the Entrepreneurial Midwest. 650 0 $a American literature $z Middle West $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Masculinity in literature. 651 0 $a Middle West $x In literature. 651 0 $a Middle West $x Intellectual life $y 20th century. 650 7 $a American literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807113 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Masculinity in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011040 651 7 $a Middle West. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240052 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213022656.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806080743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1C89B1AB81211E9A4E5754297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search