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001 2014015081
003 DLC
005 20151006080700.0
008 140603s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014015081
020 $a9781138016040 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ny
050 00 $aPS374.M37$bF47 2014
082 00 $a813/.609353$223
084 $aLIT004020$aLIT000000$aSOC032000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFerry, Peter,$d1982-
245 10 $aMasculinity in contemporary New York fiction /$cPeter Ferry.
263 $a1409
264 1 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2014.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge transnational perspectives on American literature ;$v25
520 $a"Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction is an interdisciplinary study that presents masculinity as a key thematic concern in contemporary New York fiction. This study argues that New York authors do not simply depict masculinity as a social and historical construction but seek to challenge the archetypal ideals of masculinity by writing counter-hegemonic narratives. Gendering canonical New York writers, namely Paul Auster, Bret Easton Ellis, and Don DeLillo, illustrates how explorations of masculinity are tied into the principal themes that have defined the American novel from its very beginning. The themes that feature in this study include the role of the novel in American society; the individual and (urban) society; the journey from innocence to awareness (of masculinity); the archetypal image of the absent and/or patriarchal father; the impact of homosocial relations on the everyday performance of masculinity; male sexuality; and the male individual and globalization. What connects these contemporary New York writers is their employment of the one of the great figures in the history of literature: the flâneur. These authors take the flâneur from the shadows of the Manhattan streets and elevate this figure to the role of self-reflexive agent of male subjectivity through which they write counter-hegemonic narratives of masculinity. This book is an essential reference for those with an interest in gender studies and contemporary American fiction"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMasculinity in literature.
650 0 $aSex role in literature.
650 0 $aMen in literature.
650 0 $aFlaneurs in literature.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xIn literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.$2bisacsh