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Author_Rebecca Hazelton
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challenges traditional ideas
Chicago area
complicated
contemporary marriage
cultural assumptions
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fatherhood
gender trouble
imagination
LGBTQ poetry
masculinity
Midwest
open marriage
patriarchy
popular culture
power
Product details
- ISBN 9780807184721
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Generic Husband presents a queer take on an old, beloved, and troublesome subject: the husband. While the "generic husband" of the cultural imagination has remained relatively static, the reality of the husband in contemporary marriage proves multidimensional and complex. Alternatively tender and bitingly funny, Rebecca Hazelton's poems unpack the inequities created by gender, power, and patriarchal legacies, unraveling what a "husband" can be, both personally and culturally.
Rebecca Hazelton is an award-winning poet, writer, critic, and editor. She is the author of Fair Copy, Vow, and Gloss, a New York Times "New and Notable" book. Her poems have been published in literary journals and national magazines such as The New Yorker, The Nation, Poetry, and Boston Review.
