American Guy : Masculinity in American Law and Literature /
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] |
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| Description: | x, 329 pages ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10082999 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Introduction: The American Guy in Law and Literature I Saul Levmore and Martha C. Nussbaum
- Part 1. American Guys
- 1. Hemingway and the Decline of Manhood
- 2. On the Trail with Melville: Law and Letters in the High Sierrra
- 3. Solitary Man in American Literature and Law
- 4. American Stoic
- 5. No Blam in Gilead
- 6. Gatsby and Tort
- 7. Struggles with Manhood in Angle of Repose
- 8. Manning Up
- Part 2. Outsiders
- 9. Jewish Men, Jewish Lawyers: Roth's "Eli, the Fanatic" and the Question of Jewish Masculinity in American Law
- 10. What is Gay Male Femininity?
- 11. Snitching, Whistleblowing, and "Barn Burning": Loyalty in Law, Literature, and Sports
- 12. Bullies and Martyrs: John Dos Passos and Adventures of a Young Man
- 13. Empathy and Masculinity in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
- 14. Fatherbood and Crime in James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk
- 15. Glimpses of a Man: Barack Obama's Autobiographical Reflections
- 16. The indictment of the Law and Notions of Masculinity in Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious
- Index