Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction 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. 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. This book is an essential reference for those with an…mehr
Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction 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. 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. This book is an essential reference for those with an interest in gender studies and contemporary American fiction.
Peter Ferry is currently an Irish Research Council funded Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin, Ireland. He has published articles on the flâneur, Freud and masculinity, fatherhood and masculinity, and the beard and masculinity in contemporary American fiction in leading journals in both the fields of American Literary Studies and Gender and Masculinity Studies. His current project is focused on the flaneur and masculinity in 19th century American Writing.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Finding Yourself in New York 2. Walking Manhattan, Writing Masculinity: (Re-)Introducing the New York Flâneur with E.B. White's Here Is New York and Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed 3. "The Son Saves The Father": Counter-Hegemonic Father Figures in Paul Auster's Fiction 4. "Because I Want To Fit In": The Influence of the Male Peer Group in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho 5. "A World Citizen with a New York Pair of Balls": The Global Hegemonic Male in Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis
1. Introduction: Finding Yourself in New York 2. Walking Manhattan, Writing Masculinity: (Re-)Introducing the New York Flâneur with E.B. White's Here Is New York and Joshua Ferris' The Unnamed 3. "The Son Saves The Father": Counter-Hegemonic Father Figures in Paul Auster's Fiction 4. "Because I Want To Fit In": The Influence of the Male Peer Group in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho 5. "A World Citizen with a New York Pair of Balls": The Global Hegemonic Male in Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis
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