{"product_id":"salvific-manhood-9781496217097","title":"Salvific Manhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e2020 \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvific Manhood\u003c\/i\u003eforegrounds the radical power of male intimacy and vulnerability in surveying each of James Baldwin’s six novels.Asserting that manhood and masculinity hold the potential for both tragedy and salvation, Ernest L. Gibson III highlights the complex and difficult emotional choices Baldwin’s men must make within their varied lives, relationships, and experiences.In\u003ci\u003eSalvific Manhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Gibson offers a new and compelling way to understand the hidden connections between Baldwin’s novels.Thematically daring and theoretically provocative, he presents a queering of salvation, a nuanced approach thatviewsredemption through the lenses of gender and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exploring how fraternal crises develop out of sociopolitical forces and conditions,\u003ci\u003eSalvific Manhood\u003c\/i\u003etheorizes a spatiality of manhood, where spaces in between men are erased through expressions of intimacy and love.Pos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 John's forgotten birthday in \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e and the streets of David's Paris in \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e. This excellent study may interest those studying religion as well those in the disciplines of literature and cultural studies.\"—A. P. Pennino, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwin’s 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 \u003ci\u003eJames Baldwin Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSalvific Manhood\u003c\/i\u003e pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwin’s revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwin’s 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 \u003ci\u003eMe and My House: James Baldwin’s Last Decade in France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: In Search of the Fraternal\u003cbr\u003e 1. Wrestling for Salvation: Denial, Longing, and the Beauty of Brotherhood in \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Flight, Freedom, and Abjection: Fractured Manhood and Tragic Love in \u003ci\u003eGiovanni’s Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Alone in the Absurd: The Trope of Tragic Black Manhood in \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theatrics of Mask-ulinity: Radical Male Intimacy and Black Power in \u003ci\u003eTell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Concrete Jungles and the Carceral: Exploring Confinement and Imprisonment in \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Somewhere in That Wreckage\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409228374359,"sku":"9781496217097","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496217097.jpg?v=1730506043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/salvific-manhood-9781496217097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}