| Marked Men: White Masculinity in Crisis Contributor(s): Robinson, Sally (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231112939 ISBN-13: 9780231112932 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: White men still hold most of the political and economic cards in the United States; yet stories about wounded and traumatized men dominate popular culture. Why are white men jumping on the victim bandwagon? Examining novels by Philip Roth, John Updike, James Dickey, John Irving, and Pat Conroy and such films as "Deliverance, Misery," and "Dead Poets Society" -- as well as other writings, including "The Closing of the American Mind" -- Sally Robinson argues that white men are tempted by the possibilities of pain and the surprisingly pleasurable tensions that come from living in crisis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.310 |
| LCCN: 00025916 |
| Lexile Measure: 1600 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.99" W x 8.96" (0.83 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: White men still hold most of the political and economic cards in the United States; yet stories about wounded and traumatized men dominate popular culture. Why are white men jumping on the victim bandwagon? Examining novels by Philip Roth, John Updike, James Dickey, John Irving, and Pat Conroy and such films as Deliverance, Misery, and Dead Poets Society--as well as other writings, including The Closing of the American Mind--Sally Robinson argues that white men are tempted by the possibilities of pain and the surprisingly pleasurable tensions that come from living in crisis. |