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Author:

Ibson, John, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 260 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

022657668X
9780226576688
022657654X
9780226576541

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1019840637

LCCN:

2018000557

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)