by Christopher Breu (Author)
Strips the veneer of the tough guy in modern American culture. The author offers a complex account of how and why hard-boiled masculinity emerged during an unsettled time of increased urbanization and tenuous peace, and traces the changes in its cultural conception.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 23 Dec 2005
ISBN 10: 0816644349
ISBN 13: 9780816644346