Research Catalog

Title

Husbands, lovers, and dreamlovers : masculinity and female desire in women's novels of the 1970s / Helena Eriksson.

Author

Eriksson, Helena, 1966-

Publication

Uppsala : [Uppsala University] ; Stockholm : Distributor, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1997.

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Details

Description

143 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"What do novels like Lisa Alther's Kinflicks, Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, Gail Godwin's Glass People, Gael Greene's Blue Skies, No Candy, and Anne Roiphe's Up the Sandbox! have in common? This study argues that besides being informed by women's liberation issues, they offer critical representations of masculine identity. The novels present protagonists who in marriage, love affairs, and erotic fantasies encounter a variety of men/masculinities. Husbands, Lovers, and Dreamlovers investigates the types of masculinities that are mobilized as "objects of desire" in these and other women's novels of the 1970s."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia, 0562-2719 ; 97

Uniform Title

Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia ; 97.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
• American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Romance fiction, American > History and criticism
• Masculinity in literature
• Desire in literature
• Women in literature
• Sex in literature
• 17.93 themes and motives in literature
• American fiction
• American fiction > Women authors
• Romance fiction, American
• Women and literature
• Begierde Motiv
• Englisch
• Erotik Motiv
• Frauenroman
• Männerbild
• Männlichkeit Motiv
• Schriftstellerin
• Mannelijkheid
• Romans
• Vrouwelijke auteurs
• Désir > Dans la littérature
• Relations hommes-femmes > Dans la littérature
• Roman américain > Femmes écrivains > Thèses et écrits académiques
• Roman américain > Femmes écrivains > Histoire et critique
• Roman
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.
• Dissertations (form)

Note

• Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala University, 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139) and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments (starting p. 7) -- Introduction (starting p. 9) -- The Women's Movement and Literature by Women (starting p. 13) -- Texts in Context: The Feminine Mystique and Female Sexuality (starting p. 16) -- Ch. 1 Representing Gender (starting p. 25) -- Reading Representation (starting p. 25) -- Feminism and Cultural Studies (starting p. 31) -- Representing Masculinity (starting p. 35) -- Cultural Ideals of Masculinity (starting p. 39) -- Ch. 2 Husbands (starting p. 43) -- The Ideal Husband (starting p. 44) -- Marital Sex (starting p. 47) -- Silence and Enclosure (starting p. 51) -- Models for Desire and Desirability (starting p. 53) -- Ch. 3 Lovers (starting p. 63) -- The Male Variation Theme (starting p. 66) -- The Phallic Lover I: The Businessman (starting p. 70) -- The Phallic Lover II: Cowboys, Bikers, and Delinquents (starting p. 73) -- The Non-Phallic Lover (starting p. 77) -- Cultural Ideals Reassessed (starting p. 83) -- Ch. 4 Dreamlovers (starting p. 92) -- Uses of Erotic Fantasies: Enter the Dreamlover (starting p. 96) -- Fear of Flying: The Zipless Fuck (starting p. 104) -- Up the Sandbox!: Erotic Fantasies of Masculinity as Power (starting p. 107) -- The Faceless Dreamlover (starting p. 110) -- Fantastic Endings? (starting p. 115) -- Conclusion (starting p. 122) -- Works Consulted (starting p. 133) -- Index (starting p. 140)

ISBN

• 9155439411
• 9789155439415

LCCN

97185362

OCLC

• ocm36962254
• 36962254
• SCSB-469912

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library