Publisher:
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson
Occurring alongside the Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, and other identity movements of the 1960s, the Vietnam War was part of an era that rescripted gender and other social identity roles for many, if not most, Americans. This book...
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Occurring alongside the Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, and other identity movements of the 1960s, the Vietnam War was part of an era that rescripted gender and other social identity roles for many, if not most, Americans. This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity, as reflected in discourses ranging from fictional narratives to memoirs, films, and military recruiting advertisements. Analysis of two canonical fiction texts--John Del Vecchio's The 13th Valley and Bobbie Ann Mason's In Coun
Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. "Don't mean nothin'"; 2. The Nam Syndrome; 3. Men Out of Mind; 4. A Litmus Test for Masculinity; Chapter Notes; Works Cited; Index
