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Playboys in paradise : masculinity, youth and leisure-style in modern America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osgerby, Bill
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, 2001.
Subjects:
Young men > Recreation > United States > History > 20th century.
Leisure > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Masculinity in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Young adult consumers > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : young men of action and acquisition
  • 'This side of Paradise' : the emergence of the man of style
  • Lessons in 'the art of living' : the 'Playboy ethic' takes shape
  • 'People of plenty' : constructions of masculinity in the promised land
  • 'The old ways will not do' : youth, consumption and postwar leisure-style
  • High-living with the 'upbeat generation' : the cultural currency of Playboy
  • Bachelors in Paradise : masculine hedonism comes of age
  • 'Turn on, tune in' : counterculture, nonconformity and the masculine consumer
  • Conclusion : cultures of narcissism.