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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465326903321

Autore

Krauss Kenneth <1948->

Titolo

Male beauty : postwar masculinity in theater, film, and physique magazines / / Kenneth Krauss ; Laurie Searl, production ; Kate McDonnell, marketing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-5002-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/613

Soggetti

Masculinity in mass media

Masculine beauty (Aesthetics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Seeing through the glass menagerie: the emerging specter of male beauty -- Looks count: dangerous male beauty in Tea and sympathy -- Albee's untold story: the aftermath of male youth and beauty -- Male beauty conflicted: the destabilizing performances of Montgomery Clift -- Doing and undoing masculinity: The early performances of Marlon Brando -- Beauty forever young: the brief career of James Dean -- All about Dick: physique magazines and the career of Richard Harrison -- As beauty does: the retreating Dr. Bishop -- Johnny, we hardly knew ye: male sex, sexuality, and gender -- Conclusion.