Cruising modernismis about cross class contact in the early twentieth century and the representational problems such contact raised i argue that american literary modernism must be defined with reference to the social transformations that brought genteel and upper class americans into encounters either forced or chosen with their social inferiors. Cruising modernism class and sexuality in american literature and social thought hardcover illustrated october 27 2003 by michael trask author. Download citation cruising modernism class and sexuality in american literature and social thought review michael trasks cruising modernism offers a new way of reading american literary . Download citation cruising modernism class and sexuality in american literature and social thought review modernism modernity 122 2005 350 351 this books fascinating account of the . Cruising modernism class and sexuality in american literature and social thought michael trask imprint ithaca cornell university press 2003 description viii 222 p isbn 0801441706 cloth alk paper formats book back