"Wooden man"? : masculinities in the work of J.M. Coetzee (Boyhood, Youth and Summertime) /
Matias, Daniel,1982-author.
This book addresses the representation of masculinities in the work of J. M. Coetzee, with a particular focus on the writer's trilogy: Boyhood (1997), Youth (2002) and Summertime (2009). Provocatively dealing with questions of autobiography, Coetzee's trilogy provides a panoramic view of a man's development through various stages of life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Coetzee, gender and ethics -- Masculinities -- Becoming a man -- Making men: places of masculinities -- Fathers of the nation -- Family outcast -- Art of one -- Making the other: alternatives to hegemony -- Race and masculinities -- "Shades and shadows of life": women in dark times -- Queer other -- Conclusions.
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This book addresses the representation of masculinities in the work of J. M. Coetzee, with a particular focus on the writer's trilogy: Boyhood (1997), Youth (2002) and Summertime (2009). Provocatively dealing with questions of autobiography, Coetzee's trilogy provides a panoramic view of a man's development through various stages of life.
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
"Wooden man"?
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