Picturing Men A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography

Name: Picturing Men A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography
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ISBN: 9780226368580

ISBN-10: 0226368580

ISBN-13: 9780226368580

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Ibson

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There was a time in America when two men pictured with their arms wrapped around each other, or perhaps holding hands, weren’t necessarily seen as sexually involved—a time when such gestures could be seen simply as those of intimate friendship rather than homoeroticism.nbsp; Such is the time John Ibson evokes in Picturing Men, a striking visual record of changes in attitudes about relationships between gentlemen, soldiers, cowboys, students, lumberjacks, sailors, and practical jokers. Spanning from 1850 to 1950, the 142 everyday photographs that richly illustrate Picturing Men radiate playfulness, humor, and warmth. They portray a lost world for American men: a time when their…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface: A Note on Sources, Purposes, and Assumptions


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Whence Came the Void? Men's Uneasy Relationships in Contemporary America



The Lost Ritual: American Men Together in Studio Portraits



Pageants of Masculinity: Photography as Cultural Performance



Merry Bands of Brothers: Military Photographs through World War I



Straightening Up: The Evolution of the Team Portrait



Whatever Happened to Intimacy? American Men Together in Snapshots



Men Set Free: World War II and the Shifting Boundaries of Male Association


Epilogue: Out of the Attic-Vernacular Photography and Cultural Studies


Notes


Index