Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American Culture - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520216210 ISBN 13 : 9780520216211

Editeur : University of California Press, 1999

Synopsis

The essays in this volume analyze a wide variety of cultural forms to demonstrate the centrality of masculine sentiment in American literary and cultural history from the early republic to the progressive era. Challenging the association of sentimentality exclusively with femininity in studies of American culture, the contributors analyze sentimentalism not just as a literary game but as a structure of feeling manifested in many areas: temperance testimonials, begging letters, historiography, philanthropic performance, photography, portraiture, and poetry. Essays from a variety of disciplines deconstruct the alignment of reason, commerce, and the public sphere with men, and feelingfs, domesticity, and the private sphere with women.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Chapman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. Glenn Hendler is Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520216210
• ISBN 13: 9780520216211
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 297
• Éditeur: Chapman Mary, Hendler Glenn
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• Personne responsable: non disponible