Hypermasculinities in the Contemporary Novel

Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Men&, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
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Author: Josef Benson ISBN: 9781442237612
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: July 16, 2014
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Josef Benson
ISBN: 9781442237612
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: July 16, 2014
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

This book examines exaggerated masculinities in select novels by James Baldwin, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison. Defined by violence, racism, sexism, and homophobia that originated on the American frontier and transformed into a definition of “ideal” masculinity, the protagonists in these postwar American novels fail to perpetuate these hypermasculinities—and instead represent an ironic heroism that emerges in the narratives.

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This book examines exaggerated masculinities in select novels by James Baldwin, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison. Defined by violence, racism, sexism, and homophobia that originated on the American frontier and transformed into a definition of “ideal” masculinity, the protagonists in these postwar American novels fail to perpetuate these hypermasculinities—and instead represent an ironic heroism that emerges in the narratives.

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