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The mourning after : loss and longing among midcentury American men / John Ibson.

Author/creator Ibson, John author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice ©2018
Descriptionxviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subject(s)
Burns, John Horne, 1916-1953--Appreciation --United States.
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012--Appreciation --United States.
Men--United States --History --20th century.
Masculinity--United States --History --20th century.
Male friendship--United States --History --20th century.
Homophobia--United States --History --20th century.
Homosexuality and literature--United States --History --20th century.
American literature--20th century --History and criticism.
United States--Social life and customs --1945-1970.
Contents Preface: sexual identity on the postwar home front: denial's allure in a repressive era -- Putting space between men: male relationships in everyday photography at midcentury -- War as a cultural timeout: The Gallery and shifting boundaries of male belonging -- Back to normal: cultural work in the erasure of John Horne Burns -- What it took: Gore Vidal and the high price of midcentury manliness -- Mourning the loss: the "great sullenness" and the contours of American manhood -- Coda: bookend for an era.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780226576718
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018000557
ISBN9780226576541 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN022657654X hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN9780226576688 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN022657668X paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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