Snowflakes and Snowdrifts

Individualism and Sexuality in America

AvDavid Bertelson

Inbunden, Engelska, 1986

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This study examines the tension between individualistic values and sex-related expectations in American society and analyzes their impact on many aspects of sexuality in America. Contents: A Society of Individuals; Masculinity and the Main Chance; Invisible Woman; Hypermasculinity; Hypomasculinity; The Spectre of Homosexuality; On Being Gay in a "Straight" Society; Assimilation versus Pluralism; Transforming Sex-Related Categories; Repudiating Sex-Related Categories; and Confronting an Unliberated World.

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Utgivningsdatum:1986-09-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780819155788

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David Bertelson is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii in Manoa.

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Aimed primarily at an upper-division undergraduate audience in the fields of history, American studies, and women's studies, the book is a worthwhile contribution to the continuing dialogue on the evolution of American society's sex roles. CHOICE Aimed primarily at an upper-division undergraduate audience in the fields of history, American studies, and women's studies, the book is a worthwhile contribution to the continuing dialogue on the evolution of American society's sex roles. CHOICE