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UNINA9910821958903321 |
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Autore |
Adams Jon Robert <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Male armor : the soldier-hero in contemporary American culture / / Jon Robert Adams |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-80713-0 |
0-8139-3397-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (175 p.) |
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Collana |
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Cultural frames, framing culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Men - United States |
Masculinity - United States |
War in literature |
Masculinity in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : soldier's heart -- "The great general was a has-been" : the World War II hero in 1950s conformist culture -- The bridge to Vietnam : the war story and AWOL masculinity -- Envelope, please : the metonymic male -- Winning this time : the war that wasn't -- Conclusion : time warp. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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He intends Male Armor to provide a corrective to the public's continued investment in the war enterprise as a guarantor both of masculinity and, by extension, of the nation. |
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