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Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature Ser.: Beards and Masculinity in American Literature by Peter Ferry (2020, Hardcover)

Beards and Masculinity in American Literature is a pioneering study of the symbolic power of the beard in the history of American writing. This book covers the entire breadth of American writing - from 18th century American newspapers and periodicals through the 19th and 20th centuries to recent contemporary engagements with the beard and masculinity. With chapters focused on the barber and the barbershop in American writing, the need for a shave in Ernest Hemingway's fiction, Whitman's beard as a sanctuary for poets reaching out to the bearded bard, and the contemporary re-engagement with the beard as a symbol of Otherness in post-9/11 fiction, Beards and Masculinity in American Literature underlines the symbolic power of facial hair in key works of American writing.

Author
Peter Ferry
Publication Name
Beards and Masculinity in American Literature
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Gender Studies, Men's Studies, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2020
Series
Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Number of Pages
216 Pages

LCCN
2020-011544
Lc Classification Number
Ps173.M36
Reviews
"Ferry's study provides the first compelling history of the beard as a symbol of masculinity in US literature. After reading the book, your look at men's beards will never be the same again!" -- Jose Armengol, University of Castilla- La Mancha
Table of Content
Introduction The Barbershop in American Literature Barbers and Barbershops in early American Writing: Newspapers and Magazines Barbers and Blackness: Race and Violence in the American barbershop The Barbershop and White Male Nostalgia The Need for a Shave: Beards in Masculinity in Ernest Hemingway's Fiction The Bards and their Beards: Walt Whitman's "Beard Full of Butterflies" in the poetry of Federico García Lorca and Allen Ginsberg The Beard, Masculinity, and the Other in the post-9/11 novel Epilogue
Copyright Date
2020
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
810.935211
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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