| Across the Great Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the American West Contributor(s): Basso, Matthew (Author), McCall, Laura (Author), Garceau, Dee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415924707 ISBN-13: 9780415924702 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2001 Annotation: From Custer and Geronimo to John Wayne and the Marlboro Man, American notions of masculinity have been deeply interwoven with our ideas about the West. But there's more to the relationship between manhood and the frontier than a simple tale of cowboys and Indians, ruggedness and civilization. In "Across the Great Divide," some of our leading historians look to both the history of masculinity in the West and to the ways that this experience has been represented in movies, popular music, dimestore novels, and folklore. Ramon Gutierrez ("When Jesus" "Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away") describes the culture of machismo in early New Mexico; Susan Lee Johnson ("Roaring Camp") takes on social life in Gold Rush boom towns; and other contributors introduce us to cross-dressing cowboys, cuckolded husbands hell-bent on revenge, and convicted outlaws walking to the gallows, among other characters. Intriguing, provocative, and important, "Across the Great Divide" makes us rethink easy assumptions about the nature of American masculinity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 305.31 |
| LCCN: 00042206 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.14" W x 9.18" (1.18 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Across the Great Divide, some of our leading historians look to both the history of masculinity in the West and to the ways that this experience has been represented in movies, popular music, dimestore novels, and folklore. |