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JFK and the masculine mystique : sex and power on the New Frontier / Steven Watts.
Van Pelt Library HQ1090.3 .W38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watts, Steven, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Influence.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Men--United States--Identity--History--20th century.
- Men.
- Role models--United States--History--20th century.
- Role models.
- Masculinity--United States--History--20th century.
- Masculinity.
- Sex role--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex role.
- History.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- Civilization.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Men--Identity.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- J.F.K. and the masculine mystique
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the masculine mystique
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Kennedy Adonais
- The crisis of masculinity in 1950s America
- Style makes the man : candidate John F. Kennedy
- Hollywood cool : Frank Sinatra and the Jack Pack
- Existential tough guy : Norman Mailer
- Secret agent men : Ian Fleming and James Bond
- A philosophy for playboys : Hugh Hefner
- Vigor and virility : President John F. Kennedy
- Celebrity journalist : Ben Bradlee
- Modern warriors : Maxwell Taylor and Edward Lansdale
- The Spartacus syndrome : Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis
- Mercury macho : Alan Shepard and John Glenn
- The masculine mystique.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-402) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250049988
- 1250049989
- OCLC:
- 945693824
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