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Author:

Gilbert, James Burkhart.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

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.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780226293240 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226293246 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56559255

LCCN:

2004021636

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)