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Soldier Snapshots Masculinity, Play, and Friendship in the Everyday Photographs of Men in the American Military.

Mechling, Jay.

Soldier Snapshots Masculinity, Play, and Friendship in the Everyday Photographs of Men in the American Military. [electronic resource] : - La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, 2021. - 1 online resource (236 p.)

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Military Snapshot -- 1. The Military Snapshot -- Part II. Men in Military Groups -- 2. Manhood as a Project -- 3. The Concept of Play -- 4. Male Friendship -- 5. Animal Buddies -- Part III. The Male Body in the Military -- 6. The Male Body -- 7. Clean and Dirty -- 8. Human Pyramids -- 9. Cross-Dressing -- 10. Playfighting -- 11. Hazing -- 12. Deep Play -- Part IV. Coda -- Coda -- References -- Index -- Back Cover

In Soldier Snapshots Jay Mechling explores how American men socially construct their performance of masculinity in everyday life in all-male friendship groups during their service in the military.

9780700632442 0700632441

22573/ctv263sd8p JSTOR


Vernacular photography--United States.
Male friendship--United States--Pictorial works.
Soldiers--Recreation--United States--Pictorial works.
Photographic criticism.
Photographie vernaculaire--�Etats-Unis.
Amiti�e masculine--�Etats-Unis--Ouvrages illustr�es.
Militaires--Loisirs--�Etats-Unis--Ouvrages illustr�es.
Critique photographique.
Male friendship
Photographic criticism
Soldiers--Recreation
Vernacular photography


United States


Electronic books.
Pictorial works

TR23 / .S66 2021

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