Original price was: $31.24.$9.37Current price is: $9.37.
Access Representing the Male Masculinity, Genre and Social Context in Six South Wales Novels 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%
| Full Title | Representing the Male Masculinity, Genre and Social Context in Six South Wales Novels 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | John Perrott Jenkins |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781786837790, 9781786837783, 9781786837813, 9781786837806 |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
The book subjects male characters in six south Wales novels written between 1936 and 2014 to detailed, gendered reading. It argues that the novels critique the form of masculine hegemony propagated by structural patriarchy serving the material demands of industrial capitalism. Each depicts characters confined to a limited repertoire of culturally endorsed behaviourial norms – such as displays of power, decisiveness and self-control – which prohibit the expression and cultivation of the subjective self. Within the social organisation of industrial capitalism, the working-class characters are, in practice, reduced to dispensable functionaries at work while, in theory, they are accorded the status of patriarchally-sanctioned principals at home. Ideologically subservient and ‘feminised’ in one context, they are ideologically dominant and ‘masculinised’ in another. As they negotiate, resist or strive to reconcile the irreconcilable demands of such gendered practices, recurring patterns of exclusion, inadequacy and mental instability are made evident in their representation.
Original price was: $32.49.$9.75Current price is: $9.75.
Access Representing the Male Masculinity, Genre and Social Context in Six South Wales Novels 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%
| Full Title | Representing the Male Masculinity, Genre and Social Context in Six South Wales Novels 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | John Perrott Jenkins |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781786837806, 9781786837783, 9781786837813, 9781786837790 |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
The book subjects male characters in six south Wales novels written between 1936 and 2014 to detailed, gendered reading. It argues that the novels critique the form of masculine hegemony propagated by structural patriarchy serving the material demands of industrial capitalism. Each depicts characters confined to a limited repertoire of culturally endorsed behaviourial norms – such as displays of power, decisiveness and self-control – which prohibit the expression and cultivation of the subjective self. Within the social organisation of industrial capitalism, the working-class characters are, in practice, reduced to dispensable functionaries at work while, in theory, they are accorded the status of patriarchally-sanctioned principals at home. Ideologically subservient and ‘feminised’ in one context, they are ideologically dominant and ‘masculinised’ in another. As they negotiate, resist or strive to reconcile the irreconcilable demands of such gendered practices, recurring patterns of exclusion, inadequacy and mental instability are made evident in their representation.
Book Instantly Available.
Safe Payment with PayPal and Stripe
24/7 Customer Service
