Men in the Middle: Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s

by James Burkhart Gilbert

While the 1950s have been popularly portrayed-on television and in the movies and literature-as a conformist and conservative age, the decade is better understood as a revolutionary time for politics, economy, mass media, and family life. Magazines, films, newspapers, and television of the day scrutinized every aspect of this changing society, paying special attention to the lifestyles of the middle-class men and their families who were moving to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226293246
• ISBN13: 9780226293240
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"