Northern Love: An exploration of Canadian Masculinity

by Paul Nonnekes

Overview

In Northern Love, Paul Nonnekes proposes a conception of love suggestive of a distinctive model of Canadian masclinity. He pursues debates in psychoanalysis and cultural theory in relation to two representative male characters in novels by Rudy Wiebe (A Discovery of Strangers) and Robert Kroetsch (The Man from the Creek).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897425237
Publisher:	Athabasca University Press
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Series:	Cultural Dialectics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	145
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Paul Nonnekes is the author Three Moments of Love in Leonard Cohen and Bruce Cockburn and an associate professor in the Master of Arts Integrated Studies program at Athabasca University.
Paul Nonnekes is an Associate Professor in the Master of Arts Integrated Studies program at Athabasca University. His research focuses on issues of gender and sexuality, specifically psychoanalysis and love, and critical theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: STRANGE LOVE
1. Naming and Seeing
2. Master and Slave
3. The Imaginary
4. Strange Gender
5. Love and Trauma

Part II: INTERSUBJECTIVE LOVE
1. Recognition
2. Intersubjectivity
3. The Contract

Conclusion

References / Index