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Black masculinity and the frontier myth in American literature
- Title
- Black masculinity and the frontier myth in American literature / Michael K. Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Michael K. (Michael Kyle), 1963-
- Publication
- Norman, Okla. : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2002.
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Details
- Description
- 293 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Folowing his discussion of the frontier in the American West, Johnson explores how writers invent new frontiers by mythologizing or reimagining various locations, such as Paris in the 1960s or the African continent. Johnson also addresses efforts by black authors to develop a frontier identity that transcends the gaps between the cultures of Africa and the mainstream culture of the United States."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Literature of the American West ; v. 9
- Uniform Title
- Literature of the American West ; v. 9.
- Subject
- American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
- African American pioneers > Biography > History and criticism
- American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism
- African Americans > West (U.S.) > Intellectual life
- Western stories > History and criticism
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- African American men in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Myth in literature
- Men in literature
- Littérature américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique
- Pionniers noirs américains > Biographies > Histoire et critique
- Littérature western > Histoire et critique
- Vie des pionniers dans la littérature
- Hommes noirs américains dans la littérature
- Masculinité dans la littérature
- Mythe dans la littérature
- Hommes dans la littérature
- Literatur
- Pionier
- Männlichkeit Motiv
- African Americans > Intellectual life
- American literature
- American literature > African American authors
- Western stories
- USA
- Schwarze
- West United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index.
- Contents
- "My Dress Was Purely in the Indian Stile": Transformation and Manhood on the American Frontier -- Civilized Manliness on the South Dakota Frontier -- "You Have Got to Be the Man All Through This Mess": Performing Gender in The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Winona, and The Virginian -- "Half a Man at Best": The Ritual Hunt and Manhood Denied -- "How Does It Feel to Be a White Man?": New Frontiers in The Stone Face -- The Frontier Myth and Metaphors of Vision in The Man Who Cried I Am.
- ISBN
- 0806134143
- 9780806134147
- 0806134011
- 9780806134017
- LCCN
- 2001054620
- 99804847524
- OCLC
- ocm48223038
- SCSB-14115267
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library