Murdering masculinities fantasies of gender and violence in the American crime novel
Though American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes and limiting ideas of masculinity, Greg Forter maintains that they are instead psychologically complex and sophisticated works that demand closer attention. Eschewing the synthetic methodologies of earlier work on c...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Sexual cultures.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817325806719 |
| Sumario: | Though American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes and limiting ideas of masculinity, Greg Forter maintains that they are instead psychologically complex and sophisticated works that demand closer attention. Eschewing the synthetic methodologies of earlier work on crime fiction, Murdering Masculinities argues that the crime novel does not provide a consolidated and stable notion of masculinity. Rather, it demands that male readers take responsibility for the desires they project on to these novels. Forter examines the narrative strategies of five novels--Hamme |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814728710 9780814728185 9780585424910 |
