Masculinity in Vietnam War Narratives: A Critical Study of Fiction, Films and Nonfiction Writings

by Brenda M. Boyle

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786445386
• ISBN13: 9780786445387
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher