"feeling singular" by Ben Bascom looks at #queer #Masculinities in the #history of the early United States - a #QueerStudies approach to the #biographies of 5 unique but lesser-studied individuals at odds w traditional masculinity
#AmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #MasculinityStudies #LifeWriting
3 new books on remarkable men in our library!
Ralf Webb's book "Strange Relations - Masculinity, Sexuality & Art in Mid-Century America" reads 4 bisexual #AmericanWriters (#TennesseeWilliams, #CarsonMcCullers, #Cheever & #Baldwin) with #WaltWhitman
Am starting to design a class on masculinity and the American family on stage and looking for suggestions of plays beyond some of the obvious ones like Long Day's Journey, Buried Child, All My Sons, Straight White Men, and Fences.
I do want to highlight shows that include a patriarchal figure. Would also love suggestions for a diverse set of playwrights.
Michael J Hogan https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1626221030
& Steven Watts https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=855335394
take a closer look at how #JFK and the #JFKassassination altered #AmericanCulture & ideals of #Masculinity & how they present in #CollectiveMemory
FID Anglo-American Culture
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