Representing the Male - Masculinity, Genre and Social Context in Six South Wales Novels

This book argues that industrial patriarchy in South Wales established an exclusive though damaging form of structural masculine conformity expressed through a limited -and limiting - set of gendered practices.

Info autore

Following a career in teaching, lecturing and writing on English and American literature, John Perrott Jenkins is currently working on postcolonialism, border identity and the social construction of gender in anglophone Welsh fiction. He was born in Wales and now lives in Bath, England.

Riassunto

This book argues that industrial patriarchy in South Wales established an exclusive though damaging form of structural masculine conformity expressed through a limited –and limiting – set of gendered practices.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Perrott Jenkins
• Editore: University of Wales Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781786837783
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-778-3
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Gender Studies in Wales
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Genre, Wales, English, john, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social, male, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Jenkins, South Wales, Masculinity, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, South, Six, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Context, Novels, Perrott, Representing