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Of treason, God and testicles : political masculinities in British and American films of the early Cold War / by Kathleen Starck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starck, Kathleen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics in motion pictures.
- Masculinity in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- Gender in general, and masculinity in particular, might not be the first associations the mind produces when presented with the subject matter of the Cold War. More likely contenders would be the arms race or the ideological dichotomy of Communism versus Capitalism. However, recent research has established beyond a doubt that the politics and diplomacy of the superpower conflict were not only strongly influenced by beliefs about gender, but simultaneously also generated them. In fact, in a social climate where gender conformity was considered as crucial as ideological conformity, the conflict
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-9413-3
- OCLC:
- 949668973
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