Longshoremen's Negotiation of Masculinity and the Middle Class in 1950s Popular Culture
This thesis considers mid-20th century portrayals of working-class longshoremen’s masculinity within the context of emerging middle-class gender constructions. I argue that although popular culture presents a roughly standardized depiction of longshoremen as “manly men,” these portrayals are signifi...
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Scholar Commons
2016
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Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6592 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7789&context=etd |