Challenging widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics, Homosexuality in Cold War America examines how gay men in the 1950s resisted pressures to remain in the closet. Robert J. Corber argues that a form of gay male identity emerged in the 1950s that simultaneously drew on and transcended left-wing opposition to the Cold War cultural and political consensus. Combining readings of novels, plays, and films of the period with historical research into the national security state, the growth of the ...
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Challenging widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics, Homosexuality in Cold War America examines how gay men in the 1950s resisted pressures to remain in the closet. Robert J. Corber argues that a form of gay male identity emerged in the 1950s that simultaneously drew on and transcended left-wing opposition to the Cold War cultural and political consensus. Combining readings of novels, plays, and films of the period with historical research into the national security state, the growth of the suburbs, and postwar consumer culture, Corber examines how gay men resisted the "organization man" model of masculinity that rose to dominance in the wake of World War II. By exploring the representation of gay men in film noir, Corber suggests that even as this Hollywood genre reinforced homophobic stereotypes, it legitimized the gay male "gaze." He emphasizes how film noir's introduction of homosexual characters countered the national "project" to render gay men invisible, and marked a deep subversion of the Cold War mentality. Corber then considers the work of gay male writers Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, and James Baldwin, demonstrating how these authors declined to represent homosexuality as a discrete subculture and instead promoted a model of political solidarity rooted in the shared experience of oppression. Homosexuality in Cold War America reveals that the ideological critique of the dominant culture made by gay male authors of the 1950s laid the foundation for the gay liberation movement of the following decade.
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Like New. No Dust Jacket. Size: 6x0x9; A Nice Clean, Square, Unmarked Copy; This book is just about As New. This softcover book has 236 pages. The copyright page shows 1997 as the published date. We always ship in a sturdy box.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780822319641.
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New. Suitable for a range of readers, including students and scholars in the fields of American literature, film, and gay studies, this book challenges widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSK1; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454. 1997. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. x, 240 p.; 24 cm. LCCN 96053408 Type of material Book Personal name Corber, Robert J., 1958-Main title Homosexuality in cold war America: resistance and the crisis of masculinity / Robert J. Corber. Published/Created Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. Description x, 240 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 082231956X (cloth: alk. paper) 0822319640 (paper: alk. paper) LC classification HQ76.3. U5 C65 1997 LC Subjects Gay people in popular culture--United States. Masculinity in popular culture--United States. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Film noir--United States--History and criticism. Gay men's writings, American--History and criticism. Masculinity in literature. Homosexuality in literature. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-236) and index. Series New Americanists Dewey class no. 306.76/6/0973 Geographic area code n-us---
