Men Beyond Desire Male Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America【電子書籍】[ David Greven ]

＜p＞This book explores the construction of male sexuality in nineteenth-century American literature and overturns longstanding views. Far from desiring heterosexual sex and wishing to bond with other men through fraternity, the male protagonists of classic American literature mainly want to be left alone. Greven makes the claim that American men, eschewing both marriage and male friendship, strive to remain emotionally and sexually inviolate. Examining the work of traditional authors - Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Cooper, Irving, Stowe - Greven discovers consistently resistant portrayals of male characters who defend their individuality through a lockdown on sexuality. Objects of desire from both women and other men, the inviolate males discussed in this study disrupt established gendered and sexual categories, inspiring fresh analysis of the era and its literary depiction of American manhood.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This second edition of ＜em＞Men Beyond Desire＜/em＞ (2005) expands the analysis of male sexu．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る