{"product_id":"murdering-masculinities-gregory-forter-9780814726914","title":"Murdering Masculinities: Fantasies of Gender and Violence in the American Crime Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes and limiting ideas of masculinity, Greg Forter maintains that they are instead psychologically complex and sophisticated works that demand closer attention. Eschewing the synthetic methodologies of earlier work on crime fiction, \u003cb\u003eMurdering Masculinities\u003c\/b\u003e argues that the crime novel does not provide a consolidated and stable notion of masculinity. Rather, it demands that male readers take responsibility for the desires they project on to these novels.\u003cbr\u003e Forter examines the narrative strategies of five novels--Hammett's \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Key\u003c\/i\u003e, Cain's \u003ci\u003eSerenade\u003c\/i\u003e, Faulkner's \u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson's \u003ci\u003ePop. 1280\u003c\/i\u003e, and Himes's \u003ci\u003eBlind Man with a Pistol\u003c\/i\u003e--in conjunction with their treatment of bodily metaphors of smell, vision, and voice. In the process, Forter unearths a \"generic unconscious\" that reveals things Freud both discovered and sought to repress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Forter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814726917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814726914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 1958","brand":"Gregory Forter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598253715711,"sku":"9780814726914","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8735bdb-8363-4e58-9bd4-92cd85984883.jpg?v=1702381464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murdering-masculinities-gregory-forter-9780814726914","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}