{"product_id":"9781441156556","title":"Revisions of the American Adam: Innocence, Identity and Masculinity in Twentieth Century America","description":"The figure of the American Adam is a prevalent myth\u003cbr\u003ein US cultural history. Defined by R.W.B. Lewis in 1955 as \"the hero of new\u003cbr\u003eadventure . . .an individual standing alone, self-reliant and self-propelling,\u003cbr\u003eready to confront whatever awaited him with the aid of his own unique and\u003cbr\u003einherent resources\", the figure is discernable in the American renaissance\u003cbr\u003ewriters and in the imagery of the frontiersman, cowboy, gangster as well as in\u003cbr\u003ethe heroes of US action movies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the American Adam as a paradigm of masculine identity formation,\u003cbr\u003ethis monograph examines how this fantasy of an imaginary ideal identity has held an ideological sway over US identity\u003cbr\u003ein the main. Taking in a range of cultural texts, Jonathan Mitchell's study explores\u003cbr\u003ethe complexities and contradictions of Adam's ‘real' condition of existence to show\u003cbr\u003ehow the paradigm influences both masculinity and subsequently hegemonic US\u003cbr\u003eidentity as represented throughout twentieth-century US culture. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125159346416,"sku":"9781441156556","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441156556_p0.jpg?v=1763794105","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441156556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}