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JFK and the masculine mystique : sex and power on the New Frontier /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watts, Steven, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Influence.
Men > United States > Identity > History > 20th century.
Role models > United States > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > United States > History > 20th century.
Sex role > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > 1945-
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Kennedy Adonais
  • The crisis of masculinity in 1950s America
  • Style makes the man : candidate John F. Kennedy
  • Hollywood cool : Frank Sinatra and the Jack Pack
  • Existential tough guy : Norman Mailer
  • Secret agent men : Ian Fleming and James Bond
  • A philosophy for playboys : Hugh Hefner
  • Vigor and virility : President John F. Kennedy
  • Celebrity journalist : Ben Bradlee
  • Modern warriors : Maxwell Taylor and Edward Lansdale
  • The Spartacus syndrome : Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis
  • Mercury macho : Alan Shepard and John Glenn
  • The masculine mystique.