| Race-ing Masculinity: Identity in Contemporary U.S. Writings Contributor(s): Cunningham, John Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415934761 ISBN-13: 9780415934763 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: This study explores the intersection of race and gender identity in writings by contemporary American men of color, showing how ostensibly sexist or homophobic texts coexist with or are engendered by articulations of anti-racism. Conversely, certain articulations of gender concerns produce reactionary ideas about race. The author examines Asian American identity in the works of Frank Chin, John Okada, and Shawn Hsu Wong, contending that these writers exhibit a strong masculinist/sexist bias, limiting their value for Asian American women and homosexuals. The author then looks at the work of African American writer Charles Johnson. He examines the conflict between feminism and male supremacy in Johnson's novels, tracing the relationship between this vision of gender and the conservatism of Johnson's approach to race issues. The author also considers the discourse of "perverse" sexuality with particular attention to the possibility of a countertradition of the "joto," or queer in the canon of Chicano novels from Jose Antonio Villareal to Arturo Islas. Through an examination of the readings of Richard Rodriguez and Oscar Zeta Acosta, Cunningham demonstrates the interplay of homosocial sexual politics with Rodriguez and Acosta's respective conservative and revolutionary approaches to race. Finally, the study considers how claims about the universality of postmodern experience implicit in Don DeLillo's novel, "White Noise," actually bear the particularizing marks of whiteness and masculinity. Includes index and bibliography |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 2002017784 |
| Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.25" W x 9.3" (0.77 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
