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

• Autore: Cross Gary S
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Chichester, : Columbia University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.310973
• Soggetto topico: Men - United States; Men in popular culture - United States; Masculinity - United States; Men - United States - History - 20th century; Masculinity - United States - History - 20th century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Men to boys
• ISBN: 1-282-79641-0; 9786612796418; 0-231-51311-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791463803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II