"In the Name of National Security" exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political figures of the 1950s, fostered homophobia so as to politicize issues of gender in the United States. As Corber shows, throughout the 1950s a cast of mind known as the Cold War consensus prevailed in the United States. Promoted by Cold War liberals--that is, liberals who wanted to perserve the legacies of the New Deal but also wished to separate liberalism from a Communist-dominated cultural politics--this consensus was grounded in the perceived...
"In the Name of National Security" exposes the ways in which the films of Alfred Hitchcock, in conjunction with liberal intellectuals and political fi...
Challenging widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics, "Homosexuality in Cold War America" examines how gay men in the 1950s resisted pressures to remain in the closet. Robert J. Corber argues that a form of gay male identity emerged in the 1950s that simultaneously drew on and transcended left-wing opposition to the Cold War cultural and political consensus. Combining readings of novels, plays, and films of the period with historical research into the national security state, the growth of the suburbs, and postwar consumer culture, Corber examines how gay men...
Challenging widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics, "Homosexuality in Cold War America" examines how gay men in the 1950s...
Suitable for a range of readers, including students and scholars in the fields of American literature, film, and gay studies, this book challenges widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics.
Suitable for a range of readers, including students and scholars in the fields of American literature, film, and gay studies, this book challenges wid...