Men in the Middle
Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s
- Contents
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1. Introduction: Men in the Middle
2. Crisis and the History of Masculinity
3. Lonely Men: David Riesman and Character
4. A Feeling of Crisis: The 1950s
5. “Sex Is Sex”: Alfred Kinsey and the Report That Shook the World
6. “My Answer”: Billy Graham and Male Conversions
7. The Ozzie Show: Learning Companionate Fatherhood
8. Mendacity: Men, Lies, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
9. The Gender of High Culture
10. Getting Used to Women: Perspectives on Masculinity Crisis
Notes
Index
History: American History
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature
Religion: American Religions
Sociology: Sociology of Arts--Leisure, Sports | Sociology--Marriage and Family
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