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Author:
Creadick, Anna G., 1967-
Title:
Perfectly average : the pursuit of normality in postwar America / Anna G. Creadick.
Publisher:
University of Massachusetts Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States--Civilization--1945-
United States--Social conditions--1945-
National characteristics, American.
Body image--History--United States--History--20th century.
Middle class--United States--History--20th century.
Sex in popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Community life--United States--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : situation normal -- Model bodies, normal curves -- Normalizing the nation : the study of American character -- Passing for normal : fashioning a postwar middle class -- From queer to eternity : normalizing heterosexuality in fact and fiction -- Picture windows and Peyton Place : exposing normality in postwar communities -- Conclusion : home, normal home.
Series:
Culture, politics, and the Cold War
ISBN:
1558498052 (library cloth : alk. paper)
9781558498051 (library cloth : alk. paper)
1558498060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781558498068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)475454120
LCCN:
2010019127
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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