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Ecomasculinities: Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. Fiction (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) - Softcover

 
9781498567565: Ecomasculinities: Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. Fiction (Ecocritical Theory and Practice)

Synopsis

While there exist numerous studies on ecocriticism and ecofeminism, much less has been written about ecomasculinities. This volume contributes to filling this gap by examining models of fictional ecomasculinity in and through contemporary U.S. literature and cinema. Our study examines ecomasculinities as practices of masculinity which are deeply conservationist and can embrace non-masculine traits. In this line of thought, a main goal of the volume is to interrogate the potential of ecomasculinities to elicit in men a desire to become engage in other practices of masculinity that are counter-hegemonic and have as main goal to achieve equality on different strata of society. Bridging the gap between the Social Sciences and the Humanities, the book interrogates intersections between ecomasculinities and masculinities beyond capitalism, ecomasculinities and aging, and ecomasculinities and queerness, among others.

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About the Author

Virginia Luzón-Aguado is an associate professor at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. She has published work on film genre and stardom in various journals and edited volumes such as Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering (Wayne State University Press) and Ecomasculinities. Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. Fiction (Lexington Books).

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