Book: Masked Men: Masculinity And The Movies In The Fifties Author Steven Cohan draws on popular publicity to link narratives of masculinity and the personae of Hollywood's leading men like John Wayne, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, and others. Cohan analyzes the gender and sexual masquerades of their performances of masculinity and challenges the postwar ideal of the typical American male as that omnipresent, but invisible Man in a Gray Flannel Suit. 48 photos.
Masked Men documents how movies of the fifties represented masculinity as a multiple masquerade.
Details of Book: Masked Men: Masculinity And The Movies In The Fifties Book: Masked Men: Masculinity And The Movies In The Fifties
Author: Steven Cohan
ISBN: 0253211271
ISBN-13: 9780253211279
, 978-0253211279
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 01061997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Number of Pages: 376
Language: English