Eric Patterson is associate professor of American Studies and American Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

• Chapter 1 Introduction. About the BookChapter 2 Prologue. March 5, 2006: Reactions to Brokeback MountainChapter 3 Chapter 1. "A Companion Where None Had Been Expected": FriendshipChapter 4 Chapter 2. " 'Gun's Goin Off' " SexChapter 5 Chapter 3. "The Rushing Cold of the Mountain": NatureChapter 6 Chapter 4. " 'We Do That in the Wrong Place We'll Be Dead' ": Hatred and FearChapter 7 Chapter 5. "Separate and Difficult Lives": LoveChapter 8 Chapter 6. " 'What We Got Now Is Brokeback Mountain. Everything Built on That' ": MemoryChapter 9 Chapter 7. "The Pair Like Two Skins, One Inside the Other, Two in One": Myths of Love

This reader-friendly and thorough study of Brokeback Mountain enhances our enjoyment of the film and the original story, and expands our awareness of crucial social justice issues. A personal essay as well as an enlightened volume of cultural criticism, this study moves, informs, and creates a community of readers. A groundbreaking inquiry in gender studies, Eric Patterson's new work gives us language for what it means not only to be masculine, but to be human.

Eric Patterson is associate professor of American Studies and American Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

• Chapter 1 Introduction. About the BookChapter 2 Prologue. March 5, 2006: Reactions to Brokeback MountainChapter 3 Chapter 1. "A Companion Where None Had Been Expected": FriendshipChapter 4 Chapter 2. " 'Gun's Goin Off' " SexChapter 5 Chapter 3. "The Rushing Cold of the Mountain": NatureChapter 6 Chapter 4. " 'We Do That in the Wrong Place We'll Be Dead' ": Hatred and FearChapter 7 Chapter 5. "Separate and Difficult Lives": LoveChapter 8 Chapter 6. " 'What We Got Now Is Brokeback Mountain. Everything Built on That' ": MemoryChapter 9 Chapter 7. "The Pair Like Two Skins, One Inside the Other, Two in One": Myths of Love

This reader-friendly and thorough study of Brokeback Mountain enhances our enjoyment of the film and the original story, and expands our awareness of crucial social justice issues. A personal essay as well as an enlightened volume of cultural criticism, this study moves, informs, and creates a community of readers. A groundbreaking inquiry in gender studies, Eric Patterson's new work gives us language for what it means not only to be masculine, but to be human.

Eric Patterson is associate professor of American Studies and American Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

• Chapter 1 Introduction. About the BookChapter 2 Prologue. March 5, 2006: Reactions to Brokeback MountainChapter 3 Chapter 1. "A Companion Where None Had Been Expected": FriendshipChapter 4 Chapter 2. " 'Gun's Goin Off' " SexChapter 5 Chapter 3. "The Rushing Cold of the Mountain": NatureChapter 6 Chapter 4. " 'We Do That in the Wrong Place We'll Be Dead' ": Hatred and FearChapter 7 Chapter 5. "Separate and Difficult Lives": LoveChapter 8 Chapter 6. " 'What We Got Now Is Brokeback Mountain. Everything Built on That' ": MemoryChapter 9 Chapter 7. "The Pair Like Two Skins, One Inside the Other, Two in One": Myths of Love

This reader-friendly and thorough study of Brokeback Mountain enhances our enjoyment of the film and the original story, and expands our awareness of crucial social justice issues. A personal essay as well as an enlightened volume of cultural criticism, this study moves, informs, and creates a community of readers. A groundbreaking inquiry in gender studies, Eric Patterson's new work gives us language for what it means not only to be masculine, but to be human.