Faludi, Susan,
Stiffed : the betrayal of the American man / Susan Faludi - 676 pages ; 20 cm.
Originally published: U.S.: Morrow; London: Chatto & Windus, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Departures -- Son, the moon, and the stars: the promise of postwar manhood -- Utility men -- Nothing but big work: From shipyards to space, the closing of the American job -- Girls have all the power: What's troubling troubled boys -- Good dawg will always remain loyal: The Cleveland Browns skip town -- Where am I in the kingdom?: a Christian quest for manhood -- Evil empires -- Gone to soldiers, every one: the Vietnam War that no one dodged -- Creature in the mirror: the Fantasy Cavalry to the rescue -- Burning down the house: the fire last time in Waco, Texas -- Hood ornaments -- Man in a can: moon walkers, ghetto stars, and cross-dressers in a Gilded Age -- Waiting for wood: a death on the New Frontier -- Destinations -- Parting shots: the fighter still remains -- Rebels in the kingdom pt. 1. ch. 1. pt. 2. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. pt. 4. ch. 9. ch. 10. pt. 5. ch. 11. ch. 12.
From industrial workers to modern war veterans, from astronauts to porn actors, Stiffed examines men whose sense that they have lost jobs, skills, roles, wives and a secure future is only one symptom of a wider betrayal.
0099304910 9780099304913
Men--Social conditions--United States
Men--Psychology--United States
Masculinity--United States
HQ1090.3 / .F35 2000
Stiffed : the betrayal of the American man / Susan Faludi - 676 pages ; 20 cm.
Originally published: U.S.: Morrow; London: Chatto & Windus, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Departures -- Son, the moon, and the stars: the promise of postwar manhood -- Utility men -- Nothing but big work: From shipyards to space, the closing of the American job -- Girls have all the power: What's troubling troubled boys -- Good dawg will always remain loyal: The Cleveland Browns skip town -- Where am I in the kingdom?: a Christian quest for manhood -- Evil empires -- Gone to soldiers, every one: the Vietnam War that no one dodged -- Creature in the mirror: the Fantasy Cavalry to the rescue -- Burning down the house: the fire last time in Waco, Texas -- Hood ornaments -- Man in a can: moon walkers, ghetto stars, and cross-dressers in a Gilded Age -- Waiting for wood: a death on the New Frontier -- Destinations -- Parting shots: the fighter still remains -- Rebels in the kingdom pt. 1. ch. 1. pt. 2. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. pt. 4. ch. 9. ch. 10. pt. 5. ch. 11. ch. 12.
From industrial workers to modern war veterans, from astronauts to porn actors, Stiffed examines men whose sense that they have lost jobs, skills, roles, wives and a secure future is only one symptom of a wider betrayal.
0099304910 9780099304913
Men--Social conditions--United States
Men--Psychology--United States
Masculinity--United States
HQ1090.3 / .F35 2000