Mama's Boy

Momism and Homophobia in Postwar American Culture
2012. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-44549-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 280 g

In postwar America, the discourse of Momism advanced the idea that an over-affectionate or too-distant mother hampers the social and psychosexual development of her children, in particular her sons. Deemed worst of all was the outcome of homosexuality, since the period saw an intense policing of sexual deviance. van den Oever zooms in on four instances of the cultural representation of Momism: The Grotto, by Grace Zaring Stone, Suddenly Last Summer, by Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth, to offer new commentary on canonical texts, a particular moment in American culture, and future reading strategies.

Zielgruppe

Research

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Momism and the Lavender Scare Oppositional Reading and The Grotto Narrative Closure and Suddenly Last Summer Character Engagement and Psycho Laughter/Ridicule and Portnoy's Complaint

Über Autor(innen)

Roel van den Oever is an Assistant Professor in the department of English/American Studies, VU University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.