Masculinities in literature of the American West /

Masculinities in literature of the American West /

The Western genre provides the most widely recognized, iconic images of masculinity in the United States, gunslinging, laconic white male heroes who emphasize individualism, violence and an idiosyncratic form of justice. This idealized masculinity has been fused with ideas of national identity and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Lydia R., 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Series:Global masculinities series.
Subjects:
American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism.
Western stories > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
Men > Identity.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
National characteristics, American > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
West (U.S.) > In literature.

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