A Brief History of Male Nudes in America

by Dianne Nelson Oberhansly

Book Overview

In these stories, Dianne Nelson illuminates that vast territory of pleasure and pain created within modern families. Whether it is a father trying to kidnap his young son from his estranged ex-wife or a woman celebrating her ability to produce babies without any help from men, Nelson's characters reveal the dark, haunting and sometimes comic dilemmas of kinship.

In the title story, seventeen-year-old April is an involuntary witness to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820339970
• ISBN13: 9780820339979
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"