"Salvific Manhood reimagines the complexities of human brotherhood and masculinity by examining distinct iterations of male intimacy within all of James Baldwin's novels"--
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"Salvific Manhood reimagines the complexities of human brotherhood and masculinity by examining distinct iterations of male intimacy within all of James Baldwin's novels"--
Extensive and substantial revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012, titled In search of the fraternal : salvific manhood and male intimacy in the novels of James Baldwin
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : in search of the fraternal -- Wrestling for salvation : denial, longing, and the beauty of brotherhood in Go tell it on the mountain -- Flight, freedom, and abjection : fractured manhood and tragic love in Giovanni's room -- Alone in the absurd : the trope of tragic black manhood in Another country -- Theatrics of mask-ulinity : radical male intimacy and black power in Tell me how long the train's been gone -- Concrete jungles and the carceral : exploring confinement and imprisonment in If Beale Street could talk -- Conclusion : somewhere in that wreckage.
