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Autore |
Cross Gary S |
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Men to boys [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern immaturity / / Gary Cross |
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New York ; ; Chichester, : Columbia University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-79641-0 |
9786612796418 |
0-231-51311-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2008. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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