Gay Men in Modern Southern Literature: Ritual, Initiation, and the Construction of Masculinity

Poteet, William Mark

ISBN 10: 0820486914 / ISBN 13: 9780820486918

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International A, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gay Men in Modern Southern Literature: Ritual, Initiation, and the Construction of Masculinity
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International A
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820486914
• ISBN 13: 9780820486918
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The concept of masculinity has had a profound influence on modern gay-written and gay-themed American Southern literature. Much of the fiction and drama of three important contemporary writers – Tennessee Williams, Charles Nelson, and Reynolds Price – has been shaped by the cultural dynamics of the Southern tradition of codified definitions and parameters of masculinity. This regional approach to literature also serves as critically protective, maintaining its focus in an effort to avoid essentializing experience and identity. Gay Men in Modern Southern Literature will be a valuable asset in the study of gender construction, literary theory, and modern American Southern writing.

About the Author

The Author: William Mark Poteet is an independent scholar and writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in English literature and literary criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Poteet is also a fiction writer and author of numerous scholarly essays.