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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458955103321

Autore

Cross Gary S

Titolo

Men to boys [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern immaturity / / Gary Cross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-79641-0

9786612796418

0-231-51311-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

305.310973

Soggetti

Men - United States

Men in popular culture - United States

Masculinity - United States

Men - United States - History - 20th century

Masculinity - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Where Have All the Men Gone?; Chapter 1. When Fathers Knew Best(or Did They?); Cchapter 2. Living Fast,(Sometimes) Dying Young; Chapter 3. Talking About My Generation; Chapter 4. My Generation Becomes the Pepsi Generation; Chapter 5. New Stories, New Rebels; Chapter 6. Endless Thrills; Chapter 7. Life Beyond Pleasure Island; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Adam Sandler movies, HBO's  Entourage, and such magazines as  Maxim and  FHM all trade in and appeal to one character& mdash;the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood. When did maturity become the ultimate taboo? Men have gone from idolizing Cary Grant to aping Hugh Grant, shunning marriage and responsi