Armed Forces : : Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film /

Armed Forces : : Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film / / Robert Eberwein.

In war films, the portrayal of deep friendships between men is commonplace. Given the sexually anxious nature of the American imagination, such bonds are often interpreted as carrying a homoerotic subtext. In Armed Forces , Robert Eberwein argues that an expanded conception of masculinity and sexual...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Eberwein, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 41
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Definitions
  • 1. Paradigms in the Silent Era
  • 2. Beyond Triangles
  • 3. Disavowing Threats
  • 4. Wounds
  • 5. Drag
  • 6. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
  • 7. Bodies,Weapons
  • 8. Fathers and Sons
  • Conclusion: Buddies, Then and Now
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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