The mourning after : loss and longing among midcentury American men /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ibson, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Burns, John Horne, > 1916-1953 > Appreciation > United States. Vidal, Gore, > 1925-2012 > Appreciation > United States. Men > United States > History > 20th century. Masculinity > United States > History > 20th century. Male friendship > United States > History > 20th century. Homophobia > United States > History > 20th century. Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 20th century. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970.

Table of Contents:

Putting space between men: male relationships in everyday photography at midcentury
War as a cultural timeout: the gallery and shifting boundaries of male belonging
Back to normal: cultural work in the erasure of John Horne Burns
What it took: Gore Vidal and the high price of midcentury manliness
Mourning the loss: the "great sullenness" and the contours of American manhood
Coda: bookend for an era.