White Male Nostalgia in Contemporary North American Literature, 1st ed. 2018
Auteur : Engles Tim
White Male Nostalgia in Contemporary North American Literature charts the late twentieth-century development of reactionary emotions commonly felt by resentful, yet often goodhearted white men. Examining an eclectic array of literary case studies in light of recent work in critical whiteness and masculinity studies, history, geography, philosophy and theology, Tim Engles delineates five preliminary forms of white male nostalgia?as dramatized in novels by Sloan Wilson, Richard Wright, Carol Shields, Don DeLillo, Louis Begley and Margaret Atwood?demonstrating how literary fiction can help us understand the inner workings of deluded dominance. These authors write from identities outside the defensive domain of normalized white masculinity, demonstrating via extended interior dramas that although nostalgia is primarily thought of as an emotion felt by individuals, it also works to shore up entrenched collective power.
Tim Engles is Professor of English at Eastern Illinois University, USA, specializing in multicultural literature and critical whiteness studies. He has co-edited Critical Essays on Don DeLillo (2000) and Approaches to Teaching DeLillo’s White Noise (2006) and his recent publications address the work of Gloria Naylor, Tim O’Brien and Walter Dean Myers, as well as systemic racism in the criminal justice system and racialized social media slacktivism.
Date de parution : 01-2019
Ouvrage de 243 p.
14.8x21 cm
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Ajouter au panierDate de parution : 07-2018
Ouvrage de 243 p.
14.8x21 cm
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Mots-clés :
Donald Trump; xenophobia; literary fiction; Richard Wright; Sloan Wilson; Carol Shield; Louis Begley; Don DeLillo; Underworld; Margaret Atwood; The Heart Goes Last; Savage Holiday; Make america great again; masculinity studies; critical whiteness; affect studies; memory studies; race; mens' studies