Ecomasculinities

Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. Fiction

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Rubén Cenamor, Stefan Brandt, Ruben Cenamor, Stefan Cenamor, Rubén, Brandt

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While there exist numerous studies on ecocriticism and ecofeminism, much less has been written about ecomasculinities. This volume contributes to filling this gap by examining models of fictional ecomasculinity in and through contemporary U.S. literature and cinema. Our study examines ecomasculinities as practices of masculinity which are deeply conservationist and can embrace non-masculine traits. In this line of thought, a main goal of the volume is to interrogate the potential of ecomasculinities to elicit in men a desire to become engage in other practices of masculinity that are counter-hegemonic and have as main goal to achieve equality on different strata of society. Bridging the gap between the Social Sciences and the Humanities, the book interrogates intersections between ecomasculinities and masculinities beyond capitalism, ecomasculinities and aging, and ecomasculinities and queerness, among others.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-02
Mått153 x 217 x 15 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498567565

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Introduction: Ecomasculinities: Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. FictionStefan L. Brandt & Rubén CenamorPart I: The Birth of Literary Ecomasculinities1. The Wild Ones: Ecomasculinities in the American Literary ImaginationStefan L. Brandt2. Men in Nature: a critical analysis of the Mythopoetic Men’s MovementPaul M. Pulé and Martin Hultman 3. Eco-men from the Outer Space? Mars and Utopian Masculinities in Fin de Siècle LiteratureAlessandra Calanchi Part II: Ecomasculinities in American Literature from 1950s to 1990s4. A New Man Emerges: Masculinities Beyond Capitalism and the Eco-Man in 1950s’ AmericaRubén Cenamor 5. Gender Blending and Psychic Phenomena: Forming Ecomasculinities in Gravity’s RainbowVictoria Addis6. Cormac McCarthy’s Eco-men: the loss of the natural world in the twentieth century American landscapeLayla Hendow 7. Aging Men in Nature: Jane Smiley’s Ecocritical Exploration of Masculinities Across the Life Course in A Thousand Acres Teresa RequenaPart III: The Eco-Man in Contemporary Cinema, TV and Media8. The Film Star as Eco-warrior: Harrison Ford Saves the Planet (and this Time It is for Real)Virginia Luzón 9. True Detective: Not Flourishing yet, but Maybe Germinating.Bill Phillips10. Polar Bears and Electric Plugs: Green Shopping and Twenty-First Century Queer American MasculinityEvangeline M. HeiligerAbout the Contributors

If American masculinity has been historically grounded in "taming" nature, and environmentalism synonymous with "feminized regulation," then how can men articulate a relationship with nature? We hardly need an eco-masculinist hero—"Eco-Man to the Rescue!"—and these careful readings of recent American fiction show men's fitful efforts to define a relationship as cohabitors on an increasingly fragile planet. Ecomascuinities, carefully constructed, are a necessary part of our survival.