Male Envy - The Logic of Malice in Literature and Culture

Taking as his central argument that relations between males in western society are deeply colored-if not actually determined by-envy, Mervyn Nicholson ranges across disciplines and eras in a fascinating, utterly unique analysis of this "taboo" subject. This book presents a series of motifs that are associated with male envy, locating each in a particular historical context and illustrating it with examples drawn from literature, film, and popular culture. Unlike earlier treatments of envy by psychoanalysts or feminist theorists, this book moves beyond mere illustration of the problem to actually construct a theory about how the "code of Male Envy" shapes social consciousness in modern culture. A truly pathbreaking work, Male Envy merits a close reading by gender theorists, literary critics, and social psychologists.

List of contents

Chapter 1 The Scene of Male Envy Chapter 2 The Tricky Female Chapter 3 Object Thinking Chapter 4 Holy Murder Chapter 5 The Academy of Envy Chapter 6 Transform

About the author

Mervyn Nicholson is Professor of English and Modern Languages at University College, British Columbia.

Product details

• Authors: Mervyn Nicholson, Nicholson Mervyn
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.1999
• EAN: 9780739100622
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0062-2
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 237 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men