Conrad And Masculinity
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Overview
This timely study offers a radical rereading of Conrad's work in light of contemporary theories of masculinity. Drawing on feminism, gay studies, film theory and literary theory, the author shows that Conrad's fiction, even as it reflects certain assumptions of its day about gender roles, offers striking insights into the instability of the "masculine." The book explores the relationship of masculinity with imperialism, modernity, the visual and the body in a wide range of Conrad's less-known fiction.
Synopsis
This timely study offers a radical rereading of Conrad's work in light of contemporary theories of masculinity. Drawing on feminism, gay studies, film theory and literary theory, the author shows that Conrad's fiction, even as it reflects certain assumptions of its day about gender roles, offers striking insights into the instability of the "masculine." The book explores the relationship of masculinity with imperialism, modernity, the visual and the body in a wide range of Conrad's less-known fiction.
Booknews
Though Conrad's fiction is shaped by the constructions of masculinity of the later 19th and early 20th centuries, argues Roberts (English, U. of Dundee), it also calls those constructions into question by revealing fractures and contradictions in conceptions of masculine and feminine. He draws on feminism, gay studies, film theory, literary theory, and cultural history to analyze all of his better known novels and some lesser known texts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)