Men in the middle : searching for masculinity in the 1950s / James Gilbert.

Author/creator Gilbert, James Burkhart
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Descriptionx, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.
LCCN 2004021636
ISBN0226293246 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1090.3 .G55 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold