Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American Culture / Edition 1

by Mary Chapman, Glenn Hendler

Overview

The essays in this volume analyze a wide variety of cultural forms to demonstrate the centrality of masculine sentiment in American literary and cultural history from the early republic to the progressive era. Challenging the association of sentimentality exclusively with femininity in studies of American culture, the contributors analyze sentimentalism not just as a literary genre but as a structure of feeling manifested in many areas: temperance testimonials, begging letters, historiography, philanthropic performance, photography, portraiture, and poetry. Essays from a variety of disciplines—American studies, literature, history, art, gender studies—deconstruct the alignment of reason, commerce, and the public sphere with men, and feelings, domesticity, and the private sphere with women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520216228
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	10/12/1999
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	297
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Mary Chapman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. Glenn Hendler is Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS:
Martin A. Berger, Vincent J. Bertolini, Bruce Burgett, Mary Chapman, Cassandra Cleghorn, P. Gabrielle Foreman, Philip Gould, Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Glenn Hendler, Tara Penry, John Saillant, Karen Sánchez-Eppler, Scott A. Sandage, Francesca Sawaya