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OverviewExplores how a younger and more sensitive form of masculinity emerged in the United States after World War II. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth KraussPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9781438450001ISBN 10: 1438450001 Pages: 366 Publication Date: 02 January 2015 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Seeing Through The Glass Menagerie: The Emerging Specter of Male Beauty 2. Dangerous Male Beauty and the Masculine Style: Regular and Irregular Guys in Tea and Sympathy 3. Albee's Untold Story: The Aftermath of Male Youth and Beauty 4. Complicated Masculinity: The Beauty of Montgomery Cliff 5. Doing and Undoing Masculinity: The Early Performance of Marlon Brando 6. Beauty Forever Young: The Brief Career of James Dean 7. All About Dick: Physique Magazines and the Career of Richard Harrison 8. As Beauty Does: The Retreating Dr. Bishop 9. Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye: Male Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews...Male Beauty offers great biographical and historical details, intriguing rereadings of iconic plays and films, and compelling insights into the idea of male beauty in an era of changing codes of gender and sexuality. - The Gay & Lesbian Review ...Krauss did a remarkable amount of work on this volume, and scholars interested in any of the areas on which he focuses should take a look at his research. - CHOICE The transformation of how masculinity was presented and perceived after World War II is at the forefront of analysis in Male Beauty. This definition of what constituted the look and appeal of the male gender broadened to include a younger and more sensitive side of manhood. In a scholarly and personable way, Krauss documents the prime examples of this transition through the early 1960s with over 130 photos. - RAGE Monthly """...Male Beauty offers great biographical and historical details, intriguing rereadings of iconic plays and films, and compelling insights into the idea of male beauty in an era of changing codes of gender and sexuality."" - The Gay & Lesbian Review ""...Krauss did a remarkable amount of work on this volume, and scholars interested in any of the areas on which he focuses should take a look at his research."" - CHOICE ""The transformation of how masculinity was presented and perceived after World War II is at the forefront of analysis in Male Beauty. This definition of what constituted the look and appeal of the male gender broadened to include a younger and more sensitive side of manhood. In a scholarly and personable way, Krauss documents the prime examples of this transition through the early 1960s with over 130 photos."" - RAGE Monthly" The transformation of how masculinity was presented and perceived after World War II is at the forefront of analysis in Male Beauty. This definition of what constituted the look and appeal of the male gender broadened to include a younger and more sensitive side of manhood. In a scholarly and personable way, Krauss documents the prime examples of this transition through the early 1960s with over 130 photos. - RAGE Monthly Author InformationKenneth Krauss is Associate Professor of Drama at The College of Saint Rose. His books include The Drama of Fallen France: Reading la Comedie sans Tickets, also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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