Disappearing men : : gender disorientation in Scottish fiction 1979-1999 / / Carole Jones.
Disappearing Men examines the complex and rebellious representations of gender in the work of several writers of ‘devolutionary’ Scottish fiction in the period 1979 to 1999. The study focuses on the context of a ‘crisis in masculinity’ accompanying the rapidly changing male role in the period, concl...
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| Superior document: | Scottish cultural review of language and literature, v. 12 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, 2009. |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages). |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Trinity College, Dublin, 2004. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Acknowledgements
- Dissonant Selves and the Literature of Gender Disorientation
- James Kelman – “that was him, out of sight”: Masculine Models and Limitations
- Janice Galloway – “Defying Gravity”: Escaping the Attractions of Patriarchy
- Being Between: Passing and the Limits of Subverting Masculinity in Jackie Kay’s Trumpet
- A.L. Kennedy – Indelible Belief: The Quest for Faith in Uncertainty
- Alan Warner: Escape from Masculinity
- “Burying the Man That Was”
- Bibliography
- Index.