{"product_id":"masculinity-and-the-paradox-of-violence-in-american-fiction-1950-75-9781628924817","title":"Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intersections of violence, masculinity, and racial and ethnic tension in America as it is depicted in the fiction of Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, James Baldwin, and Philip Roth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maggie McKinley reconsiders the longstanding association between masculinity and violence, locating a problematic paradox within works by these writers: as each author figures violence as central to the establishment of a liberated masculine identity, the use of this violence often reaffirms many constricting and emasculating cultural myths and power structures that the authors and their protagonists are seeking to overturn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McKinley, Maggie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628924817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Maggie McKinley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39689714073675,"sku":"9781628924817","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_8c69cfbd-48a5-485d-921d-fab5791ce369.jpg?v=1646139531","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/masculinity-and-the-paradox-of-violence-in-american-fiction-1950-75-9781628924817","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}