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The male image

by Ian Gregson · 1999

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"How does postwar poetry explore what it means to be a man: the experiences of the male body, of masculine identity and the links between the two? Ian Gregson's book discusses conventional expectations about male power - how the acquisition and maintenance of such power is a source of both prestige and vulnerability, so that, in comparison with the phallus, the penis can appear significantly fragile."—Jacket.

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psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 204 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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