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Men in the middle : searching for masculinity in the 1950s

Title
Men in the middle : searching for masculinity in the 1950s / James Gilbert.
Author
Gilbert, James Burkhart.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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x, 269 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Men > United States > History > 20th century
  • Masculinity > United States > History > 20th century
  • Men in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
  • Men > United States > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.
Contents
Introduction : men in the middle -- Crisis and the history of masculinity -- Lonely men : David Riesman and character -- A feeling of crisis : the 1950s -- "sex is sex" : Alfred Kinsey and the report that shook the world -- "My answer" : Billy Graham and male conversions -- The Ozzie show : learning companionate fatherhood -- Mendacity : men, lies, and Cat on a hot tin roof -- The gender of high culture -- Getting used to women : perspectives on masculinity crisis.
Call Number
JFE 05-6367
ISBN
0226293246 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004021636
OCLC
56559255
Author
Gilbert, James Burkhart.
Title
Men in the middle : searching for masculinity in the 1950s / James Gilbert.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.
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