Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index.
Contents
"My Dress Was Purely in the Indian Stile": Transformation and Manhood on the American Frontier -- Civilized Manliness on the South Dakota Frontier -- "You Have Got to Be the Man All Through This Mess": Performing Gender in The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Winona, and The Virginian -- "Half a Man at Best": The Ritual Hunt and Manhood Denied -- "How Does It Feel to Be a White Man?": New Frontiers in The Stone Face -- The Frontier Myth and Metaphors of Vision in The Man Who Cried I Am.