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Gendered Fictions vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Permissions x Introduction xi 1. Constructing Gender 1 What Are Little Boys Made Of? 5 Traditional Swingers and Squares 11 J. California Cooper 2. Reading Gender 22 Rhinoceros Beetle 23 Susan Hawthorne As Boys to Wanton Flies 29 Michael Wilding 3. Reading Masculinity 42 Simply . . . Understanding Boys 42 New Internationalist A New View of Masculinity 49 Cooper Thompson Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dogs’ Tails 58 David Denborough 4. Becoming a Man 63 The Altar of the Family 64 Michael Wilding The Blooding 71 Peter Goldsworthy Goodbye Jenny 83 Penelope Wallace 5. Doing What Comes Naturally? 86 The Unnatural Mother 87 Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the early afternoon 97 Trish McNamara

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Page 1: Contents...Swingers and Squares 11 J. California Cooper 2. Reading Gender 22 Rhinoceros Beetle 23 Susan Hawthorne As Boys to Wanton Flies 29 Michael Wilding 3. Reading Masculinity

Gendered Fictions vii

ContentsAcknowledgments ix

Permissions x

Introduction xi

1. Constructing Gender 1

What Are Little Boys Made Of? 5Traditional

Swingers and Squares 11J. California Cooper

2. Reading Gender 22

Rhinoceros Beetle 23Susan Hawthorne

As Boys to Wanton Flies 29Michael Wilding

3. Reading Masculinity 42

Simply . . . Understanding Boys 42New Internationalist

A New View of Masculinity 49Cooper Thompson

Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dogs’ Tails 58David Denborough

4. Becoming a Man 63

The Altar of the Family 64Michael Wilding

The Blooding 71Peter Goldsworthy

Goodbye Jenny 83Penelope Wallace

5. Doing What Comes Naturally? 86

The Unnatural Mother 87Charlotte Perkins Gilman

in the early afternoon 97Trish McNamara

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From Gendered Fictions by Wayne Martino with Bronwyn Mellor. © 2000 by Wayne Martino and Bronwyn Mellor.
Page 2: Contents...Swingers and Squares 11 J. California Cooper 2. Reading Gender 22 Rhinoceros Beetle 23 Susan Hawthorne As Boys to Wanton Flies 29 Michael Wilding 3. Reading Masculinity

viii Gendered Fictions

Raymond’s Run 102Toni Cade Bambara

References 110

About the Authors 111