Creating the modern man : American magazines and consumer culture, 1900-1950 /
Tom Pendergast.
- Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2000.
- x, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.
1. Old-Fashioned Manhood in a Newfangled Medium. 2. African American Masculinity and the Great Debate: Rescuing Black Masculinity from the Success Ethic. 3. "Horatio Alger Doesn't Work Here Any More": The Emergence of Modern Masculinity, 1915-1935. 4. From the Ground Up: Reclaiming the Basis for Masculinity in African American Magazines, 1910-1949. 5. A Pleasing Personality Wins the Day: The Cultural Hegemony of Modern Masculinity.
0826212808 (alk. paper)
00023460
Masculinity--History--United States--20th century. Body image in men--United States. Men in mass media--United States. Men in popular culture--United States. Consumption (Economics)--United States.