What does it mean to be a 'real man'? This study explores the depiction of male shame in the novels of Hanif Kureishi, Philip Roth and Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki.
Drawing on postcolonial, gender and feminist studies of shame, the authors exposes the damaging nature of the denial of male emotions and the effect it has on society.
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissensc Shame, masculinity and desire of belonging. reading contemporary male writers, hardback/aneta stepien
