Lydia R. Cooper is associate professor of contemporary American and Native American literature and chair of the department of English at Creighton University. She is the author of Cormac McCarthy: A Complexity Theory of Literature (2021); Masculinities in Literature of the American West (2016), and No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in the Novels (2011). Her work on contemporary American and Native American writers has appeared in journals such as GLQ, Contemporary Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Studies in the Novel, Critique, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment.

• IntroductionLydia R. Cooper Part I: A Literary and Cultural History of American MasculinityChapter 1: Studying Masculinities in/through U.S. Literature: Origins, Development, and Future Josep M. ArmengolChapter 2: Masculinities in Early America Eran ZelnikChapter 3: The Marrow of White Supremacy: Problematic White Masculinity in Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition Hyoseol HaChapter 4: A Crisis in (Female) Masculinity: My Ántonia and the Imaginative Recreation of the Western Frontier Rachel WarnerChapter 5: Boy, One Day You’ll Be a Man: Adolescent Masculinity in Post-War American Culture Angelica De VidoChapter 6: Lighting Out for the Territories: Ecomasculinities in U.S. American Literature Stefan L. BrandtPart II: Current Crises and New DirectionsChapter 7: "Queer(y)ing Masculinities: Revisited" Bryant Keith AlexanderChapter 8: Heterostalgia: The Logic of Antifeminism Michael MayneChapter 9: Hideous Men: David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews in Hindight Erin SpampinatoChapter 10: Dominance-Based Man Box Culture and White Supremacy Mark GreenePart III: War, Violence, and American MasculinityChapter 11: When the Sun Sets in the East: American Manhood and War Since Vietnam Ty HawkinsChapter 12: The U.S. Army "Warrior" and Military Masculinity: The Army Recruiting Campaigns and Evolving "Warrior" Hyunyoung MoonChapter 13: From Toxic Fantasy to Political Satire: Masculinity in Chuck Palahniuk’s Post-Fight Club Fiction Coco d’HontChapter 14: Frame Thy Fearful Masculinity: Locating a Queer Masculinity in Marvel’s The Punisher Reed PucChapter 15: Men Playing Together: New Masculinities, Sport, and Contemporary Fiction Ryan LackeyPart IV: Geographies of MasculinityChapter 16: "To Work Without Stopping": Masculinity and the Midwestern Farm Novel Andy OlerChapter 17: Outlaw America: The Legacy of Jesse James and Ron Hansen’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Lydia R. CooperChapter 18: The Counter-Masculine Drive in Contemporary Reimaginations of the American Road-Trip Narrative Nicole Dib Chapter 19: A Poetics of Refusal: Queer Indigenous Masculinity in Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem John GamberChapter 20: Negotiating the Intersections of Masculinity, Disability, and Normative Gender Roles in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands: The Tragedy of the Self-Made Man Rosemary BriseñoPart V: Representation in Contemporary Literature, Film, TV, and New MediaChapter 21: An Empathetic Art: Renwen仁文Masculinity in Asian American Literature King-Kok CheungChapter 22: Inspiration Porn, Reclamation Porn: A View of Crip Masculinity and Micro-celebrity T. Tikka and R. Noam Ostrander Chapter 23: Father Figures and New Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Literature: Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Strategies of Paternal Representation Sara Villamarín-FreireChapter 24: "I’m making up for all those years when I didn’t even know I had a cock": Toxic Masculinity in Gay Erotic Fiction Mica HilsonChapter 25: Inverting the Gaze: White Male Terror in Film Since Classic Hollywood David PassChapter 26: The Erasure of Asexuality: Sheldon’s Masculinity in The Big Bang Theory Jana FedtkeChapter 27: Fetishization of Female Masculinity in She-Hulk, Big Barda and The Mighty Thor Hailey J. Austin

"Lydia Cooper has brought together a fascinating and formidable array of essays that brings the field of masculinity studies into the contemporary moment." Stacey Peebles, Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Centre College

Lydia R. Cooper is associate professor of contemporary American and Native American literature and chair of the department of English at Creighton University. She is the author of Cormac McCarthy: A Complexity Theory of Literature (2021); Masculinities in Literature of the American West (2016), and No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in the Novels (2011). Her work on contemporary American and Native American writers has appeared in journals such as GLQ, Contemporary Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Studies in the Novel, Critique, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment.

• IntroductionLydia R. Cooper Part I: A Literary and Cultural History of American MasculinityChapter 1: Studying Masculinities in/through U.S. Literature: Origins, Development, and Future Josep M. ArmengolChapter 2: Masculinities in Early America Eran ZelnikChapter 3: The Marrow of White Supremacy: Problematic White Masculinity in Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition Hyoseol HaChapter 4: A Crisis in (Female) Masculinity: My Ántonia and the Imaginative Recreation of the Western Frontier Rachel WarnerChapter 5: Boy, One Day You’ll Be a Man: Adolescent Masculinity in Post-War American Culture Angelica De VidoChapter 6: Lighting Out for the Territories: Ecomasculinities in U.S. American Literature Stefan L. BrandtPart II: Current Crises and New DirectionsChapter 7: "Queer(y)ing Masculinities: Revisited" Bryant Keith AlexanderChapter 8: Heterostalgia: The Logic of Antifeminism Michael MayneChapter 9: Hideous Men: David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews in Hindight Erin SpampinatoChapter 10: Dominance-Based Man Box Culture and White Supremacy Mark GreenePart III: War, Violence, and American MasculinityChapter 11: When the Sun Sets in the East: American Manhood and War Since Vietnam Ty HawkinsChapter 12: The U.S. Army "Warrior" and Military Masculinity: The Army Recruiting Campaigns and Evolving "Warrior" Hyunyoung MoonChapter 13: From Toxic Fantasy to Political Satire: Masculinity in Chuck Palahniuk’s Post-Fight Club Fiction Coco d’HontChapter 14: Frame Thy Fearful Masculinity: Locating a Queer Masculinity in Marvel’s The Punisher Reed PucChapter 15: Men Playing Together: New Masculinities, Sport, and Contemporary Fiction Ryan LackeyPart IV: Geographies of MasculinityChapter 16: "To Work Without Stopping": Masculinity and the Midwestern Farm Novel Andy OlerChapter 17: Outlaw America: The Legacy of Jesse James and Ron Hansen’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Lydia R. CooperChapter 18: The Counter-Masculine Drive in Contemporary Reimaginations of the American Road-Trip Narrative Nicole Dib Chapter 19: A Poetics of Refusal: Queer Indigenous Masculinity in Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem John GamberChapter 20: Negotiating the Intersections of Masculinity, Disability, and Normative Gender Roles in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands: The Tragedy of the Self-Made Man Rosemary BriseñoPart V: Representation in Contemporary Literature, Film, TV, and New MediaChapter 21: An Empathetic Art: Renwen仁文Masculinity in Asian American Literature King-Kok CheungChapter 22: Inspiration Porn, Reclamation Porn: A View of Crip Masculinity and Micro-celebrity T. Tikka and R. Noam Ostrander Chapter 23: Father Figures and New Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Literature: Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Strategies of Paternal Representation Sara Villamarín-FreireChapter 24: "I’m making up for all those years when I didn’t even know I had a cock": Toxic Masculinity in Gay Erotic Fiction Mica HilsonChapter 25: Inverting the Gaze: White Male Terror in Film Since Classic Hollywood David PassChapter 26: The Erasure of Asexuality: Sheldon’s Masculinity in The Big Bang Theory Jana FedtkeChapter 27: Fetishization of Female Masculinity in She-Hulk, Big Barda and The Mighty Thor Hailey J. Austin

"Lydia Cooper has brought together a fascinating and formidable array of essays that brings the field of masculinity studies into the contemporary moment." Stacey Peebles, Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Centre College

Lydia R. Cooper is associate professor of contemporary American and Native American literature and chair of the department of English at Creighton University. She is the author of Cormac McCarthy: A Complexity Theory of Literature (2021); Masculinities in Literature of the American West (2016), and No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in the Novels (2011). Her work on contemporary American and Native American writers has appeared in journals such as GLQ, Contemporary Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Studies in the Novel, Critique, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment.

• IntroductionLydia R. Cooper Part I: A Literary and Cultural History of American MasculinityChapter 1: Studying Masculinities in/through U.S. Literature: Origins, Development, and Future Josep M. ArmengolChapter 2: Masculinities in Early America Eran ZelnikChapter 3: The Marrow of White Supremacy: Problematic White Masculinity in Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition Hyoseol HaChapter 4: A Crisis in (Female) Masculinity: My Ántonia and the Imaginative Recreation of the Western Frontier Rachel WarnerChapter 5: Boy, One Day You’ll Be a Man: Adolescent Masculinity in Post-War American Culture Angelica De VidoChapter 6: Lighting Out for the Territories: Ecomasculinities in U.S. American Literature Stefan L. BrandtPart II: Current Crises and New DirectionsChapter 7: "Queer(y)ing Masculinities: Revisited" Bryant Keith AlexanderChapter 8: Heterostalgia: The Logic of Antifeminism Michael MayneChapter 9: Hideous Men: David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews in Hindight Erin SpampinatoChapter 10: Dominance-Based Man Box Culture and White Supremacy Mark GreenePart III: War, Violence, and American MasculinityChapter 11: When the Sun Sets in the East: American Manhood and War Since Vietnam Ty HawkinsChapter 12: The U.S. Army "Warrior" and Military Masculinity: The Army Recruiting Campaigns and Evolving "Warrior" Hyunyoung MoonChapter 13: From Toxic Fantasy to Political Satire: Masculinity in Chuck Palahniuk’s Post-Fight Club Fiction Coco d’HontChapter 14: Frame Thy Fearful Masculinity: Locating a Queer Masculinity in Marvel’s The Punisher Reed PucChapter 15: Men Playing Together: New Masculinities, Sport, and Contemporary Fiction Ryan LackeyPart IV: Geographies of MasculinityChapter 16: "To Work Without Stopping": Masculinity and the Midwestern Farm Novel Andy OlerChapter 17: Outlaw America: The Legacy of Jesse James and Ron Hansen’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Lydia R. CooperChapter 18: The Counter-Masculine Drive in Contemporary Reimaginations of the American Road-Trip Narrative Nicole Dib Chapter 19: A Poetics of Refusal: Queer Indigenous Masculinity in Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem John GamberChapter 20: Negotiating the Intersections of Masculinity, Disability, and Normative Gender Roles in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands: The Tragedy of the Self-Made Man Rosemary BriseñoPart V: Representation in Contemporary Literature, Film, TV, and New MediaChapter 21: An Empathetic Art: Renwen仁文Masculinity in Asian American Literature King-Kok CheungChapter 22: Inspiration Porn, Reclamation Porn: A View of Crip Masculinity and Micro-celebrity T. Tikka and R. Noam Ostrander Chapter 23: Father Figures and New Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Literature: Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Strategies of Paternal Representation Sara Villamarín-FreireChapter 24: "I’m making up for all those years when I didn’t even know I had a cock": Toxic Masculinity in Gay Erotic Fiction Mica HilsonChapter 25: Inverting the Gaze: White Male Terror in Film Since Classic Hollywood David PassChapter 26: The Erasure of Asexuality: Sheldon’s Masculinity in The Big Bang Theory Jana FedtkeChapter 27: Fetishization of Female Masculinity in She-Hulk, Big Barda and The Mighty Thor Hailey J. Austin

"Lydia Cooper has brought together a fascinating and formidable array of essays that brings the field of masculinity studies into the contemporary moment." Stacey Peebles, Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Centre College