Adams, Jon Robert, 1968-

Male armor the soldier-hero in contemporary American culture / [electronic resource] : Jon Robert Adams. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008. - xi, 160 p. - Cultural frames, framing culture .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.

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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Men--United States.
Masculinity--United States.
War in literature.
Masculinity in literature.


Electronic books.

HQ1090.3 / .A33 2008eb

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