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American fiction --- Older men in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Aged men in literature --- American literature

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Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, Masculinities in Black and White explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Josep M. Armengol explores white masculinities in the plural, showing their intricate, porous, and often ambiguous representations in the fiction of five American authors, black and white, male and female, gay and straight. The analysis of white masculinities from such multiple racial, gendered, and sexual angles seeks to provide a more complex and multifaceted view on the subject.

Littérature américaine --- Masculinité --- Blancs --- Noirs --- Hommes --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Dans la littérature. --- Dans la littérature. --- Dans la littérature. --- Dans la littérature.

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Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- American literature --- Literature --- Amerindian literature --- literatuur --- gender --- Amerikaanse cultuur --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 2000-2099 --- United States of America

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Focusing on global examples of gender equality, this collection explores non-dominant models of masculinity that represent gender equity in pro-feminist ways. Essays explore new alternative models of masculinity by a wide variety of contemporary authors and texts, ranging from Paul Auster to Jonathan Franzen.

American literature --- American literature --- Masculinity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Masculinity in popular culture. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism.

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'Are older men interesting? This volume insists, and demonstrates, that they have been central figures for many intriguing writers of fiction.' -Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, USA 'Revisiting contemporary US fiction by focusing on cultural representations of aging masculinities not only encourages a reassessment of such texts in terms of dominant cultural beliefs that challenges prevailing perspectives on gender and age, but more importantly offers insights into how the form influences our perceptions by either supporting or subverting preconceived notions of masculinity.' -Roberta Maierhofer, Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz, Austria 'A much-needed and impressive contribution to the fields of age studies and gender studies, both of which have overlooked the study of men and masculinity. Focusing on representations of aging and old men in U.S. fiction, contributors produce a rich array of images and interpretations that challenge the dominant masculinity script and redress the cultural invisibility of older men.' -Thomas R. Cole, McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas, USA This book focuses on representations of aging masculinities in contemporary U.S. fiction, including shifting perceptions of physical and sexual prowess, depression, and loss, but also greater wisdom and confidence, legacy, as well as new affective patterns. The collection also incorporates factors such as race, sexuality and religion. The volume includes studies, amongst others, on Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Edmund White. Ultimately, this study proves that men's aging experiences as described in contemporary U.S. literature and culture are as complex and varied as those of their female counterparts. Josep M. Armengol is Professor of U.S. Literature and Gender Studies at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He is the author of Masculinities in Black and White: Manliness and Whiteness in (African) American Literature (2014), among others, and is Director of the project 'No Country for Old Men? Representations of Masculinity and Aging in Contemporary U.S. Fiction'.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- American literature --- Literature --- History of civilization --- cultuur --- literatuur --- gender --- Amerikaanse cultuur --- anno 1900-1999 --- United States of America --- America