Male Armor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Male Armor write by Jon Robert Adams. This book was released on 2012-10-05. Male Armor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is no shortage of iconic masculine imagery of the soldier in American film and literature—one only has to think of George C. Scott as Patton in front of a giant American flag, Sylvester Stallone as Rambo, or Burt Lancaster rolling around in the surf in From Here to Eternity. In Male Armor, Jon Robert Adams examines the ways in which novels, plays, and films about America’s late-twentieth-century wars reflect altering perceptions of masculinity in the culture at large. He highlights the gap between the cultural conception of masculinity and the individual experience of it, and exposes the myth of war as an experience that verifies manhood. Drawing on a wide range of work, from the war novels of Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, James Jones, and Joseph Heller to David Rabe’s play Streamers and Anthony Swofford’s Jarhead, Adams examines the evolving image of the soldier from World War I to Operation Desert Storm. In discussing these changing perceptions of masculinity, he reveals how works about war in the late twentieth century attempt to eradicate inconsistencies among American civilian conceptions of war, the military’s expectations of the soldier, and the soldier’s experience of combat. Adams argues that these inconsistencies are largely responsible not only for continuing support of the war enterprise but also for the soldiers’ difficulty in reintegration to civilian society upon their return. He intends Male Armor to provide a corrective to the public’s continued investment in the war enterprise as a guarantor both of masculinity and, by extension, of the nation.
Male Armor
Male Armor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Male Armor write by Martin B. Duberman. This book was released on 1975. Male Armor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contents: Metaphors, The Colonial Dudes, The Recorder.
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater write by Tan Ye. This book was released on 2020-03-04. Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is a sense of timelessness in the Chinese theater: ever since its maturation, its format has not changed in any significant way. Chinese Theater matured into its final format in the 13th century and flourished during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. It is a unique, exclusive, and self-sufficient system, whose evolution has received little influence from the West and whose influence on Western theaters has been minimal and often misinterpreted. It is essentially a performer's theater; the actors attract the audience with splendid performances perfected through many years of rigorous training. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on performers, directors, producers, designers, actors, theaters, dynasties, and emperors. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese theater.
Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War
Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War write by Ken Mondschein. This book was released on 2017-10-10. Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones series depict a medieval world at war. But how accurate are they? The author, an historian and medieval martial arts expert, examines in detail how authentically Martin's fictional world reflects the arms and armor, fighting techniques and siege warfare of the Middle Ages. Along the way, he explores the concept of "medievalism"--modern pop culture's idea of the Middle Ages.
From Culture Wars to Common Ground
From Culture Wars to Common Ground - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Culture Wars to Common Ground write by . This book was released on 2000-01-01. From Culture Wars to Common Ground available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is the status of the American family? How is it changing? Are these changes making anything better? What is the future of the family? Does religion offer a positive answer? Not since Habits of the Heart has one book confronted these important issues with such personal and societal impact. This groundbreaking study argues for the creation of a new family ethic that must be central to the agendas of both contemporary society and the church. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.
