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As the mother of young sons, Marilyn Wesley became increasingly concerned about the conflicting messages they received in a world where -Han Solo replaced John Wayne as a national hero and the lost war in Vietnam was mediated by GI Joe dolls and Rambo movies.- What, she wondered, do the stories we tell our boys teach them about being men, and what does a culture of male violence teach our boys about being violent men?

Questioning both the popular condemnation of violent representation and the notion that violence can be constructive by empowering the -identity- of an integrated adult...

As the mother of young sons, Marilyn Wesley became increasingly concerned about the conflicting messages they received in a world where -Han Solo replaced John Wayne as a national hero and the lost war in Vietnam was mediated by GI Joe dolls and Rambo movies.- What, she wondered, do the stories we tell our boys teach them about being men, and what does a culture of male violence teach our boys about being violent men?

Questioning both the popular condemnation of violent representation and the notion that violence can be constructive by empowering the -identity- of an integrated adult...

This comprehensive and sophisticated feminist analysis contradicts the negative evaluations of earlier feminist critics to define Oates' feminist accomplishments. Wesley presents Oates' fiction as a dynamic structure that grew out of her obsessive concern with the American family and shows her literary patterns of resistance to the gender ideology that shapes it. She illustrates how Oates' disturbing portrayals of troubled families can and do address complex issues of power in contemporary society--economic dislocation, gender inequity, and violence--as they are experienced in intimate...