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REVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN ADAM
INNOCENCE, IDENTITY AND MASCULINITY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA |
| By: |
Jonathan Mitchell |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£130.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1441187073 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781441187079 |
| Publisher: |
CONTINUUM PUBLISHING CORPORATION |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2011 |
| Series: |
Continuum Literary Studies |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
A study that introduces, conceptualises, and examines the American Adam and American Psycho paradigms while focussing on the inter-relations between the two figures. Using the American Adam as a paradigm of masculine identity formation, it examines the American Psycho as Adam's 'real' condition of existence. |
| Synopsis: |
The figure of the American Adam is a prevalent myth in US cultural history. Defined by R.W.B. Lewis in 1955 as "the hero of new adventure ...an individual standing alone, self-reliant and self-propelling, ready to confront whatever awaited |
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black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Continuum Publishing Corporation |
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Non-returnable |
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