Soldier Snapshots: Masculinity, Play, and Friendship in the Everyday Photographs of Men in the American Military

by Jay Mechling

Book Overview

In Soldier Snapshots Jay Mechling explores how American men socially construct their performance of masculinity in everyday life in all-male friendship groups during their service in the military. The evidence Mechling analyzes is a collection of vernacular photographs, "snapshots," of and by American soldiers, sailors, marines, and aviators. Since almost all of the snapshots are photographs taken of men by other men, this book offers a unique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700632921
• ISBN13: 9780700632923
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"