Stiffed : the betrayal of the American man / Susan Faludi

By: Faludi, Susan [aauthor.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English London : Vintage, 2000©1999 Description: 676 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0099304910 (paperback)Subject(s): Men -- United States -- Social conditions | Men -- United States -- Psychology | Masculinity -- United StatesLOC classification: HQ1090.3 .F35 2000
Contents:
pt. 1. Departures -- ch. 1. Son, the moon, and the stars: the promise of postwar manhood -- pt. 2. Utility men -- ch. 2. Nothing but big work: From shipyards to space, the closing of the American job -- ch. 3. Girls have all the power: What's troubling troubled boys -- ch. 4. Good dawg will always remain loyal: The Cleveland Browns skip town -- ch. 5. Where am I in the kingdom?: a Christian quest for manhood -- pt. 3. Evil empires -- ch. 6. Gone to soldiers, every one: the Vietnam War that no one dodged -- ch. 7. Creature in the mirror: the Fantasy Cavalry to the rescue -- ch. 8. Burning down the house: the fire last time in Waco, Texas -- pt. 4. Hood ornaments -- ch. 9. Man in a can: moon walkers, ghetto stars, and cross-dressers in a Gilded Age -- ch. 10. Waiting for wood: a death on the New Frontier -- pt. 5. Destinations -- ch. 11. Parting shots: the fighter still remains -- ch. 12. Rebels in the kingdom
Summary: 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.
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Originally published: U.S.: Morrow; London: Chatto & Windus, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Departures -- ch. 1. Son, the moon, and the stars: the promise of postwar manhood -- pt. 2. Utility men -- ch. 2. Nothing but big work: From shipyards to space, the closing of the American job -- ch. 3. Girls have all the power: What's troubling troubled boys -- ch. 4. Good dawg will always remain loyal: The Cleveland Browns skip town -- ch. 5. Where am I in the kingdom?: a Christian quest for manhood -- pt. 3. Evil empires -- ch. 6. Gone to soldiers, every one: the Vietnam War that no one dodged -- ch. 7. Creature in the mirror: the Fantasy Cavalry to the rescue -- ch. 8. Burning down the house: the fire last time in Waco, Texas -- pt. 4. Hood ornaments -- ch. 9. Man in a can: moon walkers, ghetto stars, and cross-dressers in a Gilded Age -- ch. 10. Waiting for wood: a death on the New Frontier -- pt. 5. Destinations -- ch. 11. Parting shots: the fighter still remains -- ch. 12. Rebels in the kingdom

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.