Male Armor: The Soldier-Hero in Contemporary American Culture

(Part of the Cultural Frames, Framing Culture Series)

by Jon Robert Adams

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There is no shortage of iconic masculine imagery of the soldier in American film and literature--one only has to think of George C. Scott as Patton in front of a giant American flag, Sylvester Stallone as Rambo, or Burt Lancaster rolling around in the surf in From Here to Eternity. In Male Armor, Jon Robert Adams examines the ways in which novels, plays, and films about America's late-twentieth-century wars reflect altering perceptions of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813927536

ISBN13:9780813927534

Release Date:August 2008

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Men Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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