Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Black, American
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Author: Dr. Maggie McKinley ISBN: 9781628924916
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: April 23, 2015
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Dr. Maggie McKinley
ISBN: 9781628924916
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: April 23, 2015
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75 explores the intersections of violence, masculinity, and racial and ethnic tension in America as it is depicted in the fiction of Ralph Ellison, 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.

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Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75 explores the intersections of violence, masculinity, and racial and ethnic tension in America as it is depicted in the fiction of Ralph Ellison, 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.

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