Description: Salvific Manhood by Ernest L. Gibson, III, Ernest L. Gibson Ernest L. Gibson III offers a thematically daring and theoretically provocative way to understand the hidden connections between James Baldwins novels. Gibson presents a queering of salvation, a nuanced approach that views redemption through the lenses of gender and sexuality. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Salvific Manhood foregrounds the radical power of male intimacy and vulnerability in the novels of James Baldwin. Asserting that manhood and masculinity hold the potential for both tragedy and salvation, Ernest L. Gibson III highlights the complex emotional choices Baldwins men must make within their varied lives, relationships, and experiences. In Salvific Manhood, Gibson offers a new and compelling way to understand the hidden connections between Baldwins novels. This thematically daring and theoretically provocative work presents a queering of salvation, a nuanced approach that views redemption through the lenses of gender and sexuality. Exploring how fraternal crises develop out of sociopolitical forces and conditions, Salvific Manhood theorizes a spatiality of manhood, where spaces between men are erased through expressions of intimacy and love. Positioned at the intersections of literary criticism, queer studies, and male studies, Gibson deconstructs Baldwins wrestling with familial love, American identity, suicide, art, incarceration, and memory by magnifying the potent idea of salvific manhood. Ultimately, Salvific Manhood calls for an alternate reading of Baldwins novels, introducing new theories for understanding the intricacies of African American manhood and American identity, all within a space where the presence of tragedy can give way to the possibility of salvation. Author Biography Ernest L. Gibson III is an associate professor of English and the director of Africana studies at Auburn University. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: In Search of the Fraternal 1. Wrestling for Salvation: Denial, Longing, and the Beauty of Brotherhood in Go Tell It on the Mountain 2. Flight, Freedom, and Abjection: Fractured Manhood and Tragic Love in Giovannis Room 3. Alone in the Absurd: The Trope of Tragic Black Manhood in Another Country 4. Theatrics of Mask-ulinity: Radical Male Intimacy and Black Power in Tell Me How Long the Trains Been Gone 5. Concrete Jungles and the Carceral: Exploring Confinement and Imprisonment in If Beale Street Could Talk Conclusion: Somewhere in That Wreckage Notes Bibliography Index Review "Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwins work. . . . [It] will be of interest to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, queer studies, and even religious studies. This is truly an incredibly rich and creative work of scholarship that is not to be missed!"—Dwight A. McBride, coeditor of the James Baldwin Review "Salvific Manhood pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwins revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwins novels through fraternal bonds between lovers, kin, and friends, elaborating politics of salvation that simultaneously trouble and bridge spirituality and the erotic."—Magdalena J. Zaborowska, author of Me and My House: James Baldwins Last Decade in France Review Quote "The author finds an edifying connection between the sanctuary the black church offered and the potential space of intimacy the body offered. Gibson engages in close readings of five seismic novels in the Baldwin canon, masterfully walking readers through the journey of Johns forgotten birthday in Go Tell It on the Mountain and the streets of Davids Paris in Giovannis Room . This excellent study may interest those studying religion as well those in the disciplines of literature and cultural studies."--A. P. Pennino, Choice Details ISBN1496229053 Short Title Salvific Manhood Publisher University of Nebraska Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1496229053 ISBN-13 9781496229052 Format Paperback Subtitle James Baldwins Novelization of Male Intimacy Imprint University of Nebraska Press Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Lincoln Pages 246 Series Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Illustrations Index Publication Date 2021-11-01 AU Release Date 2021-11-01 NZ Release Date 2021-11-01 US Release Date 2021-11-01 UK Release Date 2021-11-01 Author Ernest L. Gibson DEWEY 813.54 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159619769;
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