Black masculinity and the frontier myth in American literature
By: Michael K. Johnson.
Series: Literature of the American West ;; v. 9
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; African American pioneers -- Biography -- History and criticism.; American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life.; Western stories -- History and criticism.; Frontier and pioneer life in literature.; African American men in literature.; Masculinity in literature.; Myth in literature.; Men in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-277) and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION 3; value: CHAPTER 1 "My Dress Was Purely in the Indian Stile": Transformation and Manhood on the American Frontier 21; value: CHAPTER 2 Civilized Manliness on the South Dakota Frontier 69; value: CHAPTER 3 "You Have Got to Be the Man All Through This Mess": Performing; value: Gender in The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Winona, and The Virginian 98; value: CHAPTER 4 "Half a Man at Best": The Ritual Hunt and Manhood Denied 147; value: CHAPTER 5 "How Does It Feel to Be a White Man?": New Frontiers in The Stone Face 179; value: CHAPTER 6 The Frontier Myth and Metaphors of Vision in The Man Who Cried IAm 207; value: CONCLUSION 239.