Mama's Boy: Momism and Homophobia in Postwar American Culture

By Kenneth A. Loparo

Book Overview

In postwar America, the discourse of Momism advanced the idea that an over-affectionate or too-distant mother hampers the social and psychosexual development of her children, in particular her sons.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349445495
• ISBN13: 9781349445493
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages