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Of treason, God and testicles : political masculinities in British and American films of the early Cold War /

Gender in general, and masculinity in particular, might not be the first associations the mind produces when presented with the subject matter of the Cold War. More likely contenders would be the arms race or the ideological dichotomy of Communism versus Capitalism. However, recent research has esta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Starck, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Between freedom and totalitarianism: British and American cinema and the early Cold War
  • A man is a man is a man? The early Cold War and masculinity
  • Heroism lies in the eye of the beholder: early traitors
  • In God I trust: man of the cloth
  • It could happen to you: prodigal sons
  • Let's take off his testicles: the cold warrior
  • Romeo and Juliet? Cold War lovers
  • But what does it mean? Conclusion.