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Author Forter, Gregory.

Title Murdering Masculinities : Fantasies of Gender and Violence in the American Crime Novel.

Imprint New York : NYU Press, 2000.
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Description 1 online resource (278 pages).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Sexual cultures
Sexual cultures.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Hardboiled Masochism: The Corpse in Dashiell Hammett's The Glass Key; 2 Deadly Is the Female Animal: Smell in James Cain's Serenade; 3 The Apocalypse of Male Vision: Vomit in William Faulkner's Sanctuary; 4 The Killer in Me Is the Killer in You: Violent Voice in Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280; 5 The Waste of White Masculinity: Excrement in Chester Himes's Blind Man with a Pistol; Afterword; Notes; Index; About the Author.
Summary 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.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index.
Subject Men in literature.
Crime in literature.
Fantasy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Criminals in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature -- United States.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Male authors -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Fantasmes dans la littérature.
Violence dans la littérature.
Criminels dans la littérature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Psychanalyse et littérature -- États-Unis.
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
American fiction
American fiction -- Male authors
Crime in literature
Criminals in literature
Detective and mystery stories, American
Fantasy in literature
Masculinity in literature
Men in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
Violence in literature
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Forter, Gregory. Murdering Masculinities : Fantasies of Gender and Violence in the American Crime Novel. New York : NYU Press, ©2000 9780814726907
ISBN 9780814728185
0814728189
0814726909 (acid-free paper)
0814726917 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000055798083

 
    
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