
Among these our thanks first must go to our contributors. Along the way we have been fortunate to work with many talented scholars. Following a panel presentation of intriguing new examinations of constructions of manhood in the American West, we discussed the need for a volume that would pull together multicul tural research on gender systems, analyses of masculinity, and revisionist scholarship in western history. This project began during an informal conversation at a meeting of the Western History Association in 1 997. Tex-Sex-Mex: American Identities, lone Stars, and the Politics "I Guess Your Warrior Look Doesn't Work Every Time":Ĭhallenging Indian Masculinity in the Cinema Brian Klopotekġ3. "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes": The Utilization of theĬowboy-Hero Image in Contemporary Asian-American Literature Steven M. On the Road: Cassady, Kerouac, and Images of Late (Re)drafting of Manhood during World War" M a tthew Basso Man-Power: Montana Copper Workers, State Authority, and the Identity and the Gendering of Ranch Work Dee Garcea uĭomesticated Bliss: Ranchers and Their Animals Nomads, Bunkies, Cross-Dressers, and Family Men: Cowboy "A Distinct and Antagonistic Race": Constructions ofĬhinese Manhood in the Exclusionist Debates, 1869-1878 Karen J. Imagined Wests David Anthony Tye e m e Clark and Joane NagelĦ. White Men, Red Masks: Appropriations of "Indian" Manhood in Manly Gambles: The Politics of Risk on the Comstock Lode,Ĭool to the End: Public Hangings and Western Manhood Gutierrezīulls, Bears, and Dancing Boys: Race, Gender, and Leisure in the Honor and Virtue in Eighteenth-Century Colonial New Mexico Ra mon A. "Tell Me with Whom You Walk and I Will Tell You Who You Are": Laura McCall: For my nephews, Noel and Quinn Coleman, true sons of the West, Matt Basso: For my mom and pop, Mary Basso and Lawrence Donald Basso, endlessly supportive, boundlessly generous, invariably droll "Texans,"ĭee Garceau: For Davida Gordon Madden and Arthur Joseph Garceau, who set me on this trail. Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Across the great divide: cultures of manhood in the American West / edited by Matthew Basso, Laura McCall, and Dee Garceau. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including any pho tocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Published in 2001 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 Published in Great Britain by Routledge II New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. Across the Great Divide Cultures of Manhood in the American WestĮdited by Matthew Basso, Laura McCall, and Dee Garceau
