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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gerstner, David A., 1966- Manly arts. Durham : Duke University Press, ©2006 (OCoLC)606532480 Online version: Gerstner, David A., 1966- Manly arts. Durham : Duke University Press, ©2006 (OCoLC)607747138 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David A Gerstner |
ISBN: | 0822337754 9780822337751 0822337630 9780822337638 |
OCLC Number: | 61748406 |
Description: | xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Nineteenth-century formulations of masculinity and realism : the body of Edwin Forrest -- The battle cry of peace and the spectacle of realism -- African American realism : Oscar Micheaux, autobiography, and the ambiguity of Black male desire -- Manhatta : a national self-portrait -- The Queer frontier : Vincente Minnelli's Cabin in the sky. |
Responsibility: | David A. Gerstner. |
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"Through a consideration of such seemingly disparate figures as Edwin Forrest, Theodore Roosevelt, Oscar Micheaux, Paul Strand, and Vincente Minnelli, David A. Gerstner subtly and cogently outlines the complex ways that literature, theater, cinema, and other arts created a fragile definition of nation: one predicated on white, working-class, masculine norms but also inflected by African American masculinities and queer subjectivities. Original and innovative, Manly Arts is sure to be a significant and lasting contribution to the fields of gender studies, film studies, and American arts and aesthetics."-Paula J. Massood, author of Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film "Manly Arts is a fascinating, meticulously researched exploration of how ideas of masculinity and aesthetics from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s produced a particularly corporealized and male 'American' modern art and 'artist.' David A. Gerstner brings movements in theater, art, literature, photography, and dance to bear on a variety of cinematic works. His canvas is broad, illuminating, and exciting in its theoretical premises and unexpected historical juxtapositions. A provocative-and major-contribution to multidisciplinary studies in the humanities and arts."-Vivian Sobchack, author of Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture Read more...


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