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

ISBN: 1137274050

ISBN13: 9781137274052

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

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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. Deemed worst of all was the outcome of homosexuality, since the period saw an intense policing of sexual deviance. Roel van den Oever zooms in on four instances of the cultural representation of Momism: The Grotto, by Grace Zaring Stone, Suddenly Last...

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