TY - BOOK AU - Mechling,Jay TI - Soldier Snapshots: Masculinity, Play, and Friendship in the Everyday Photographs of Men in the American Military SN - 9780700632442 AV - TR23 .S66 2021 U1 - 770 23 PY - 2021/// CY - La Vergne PB - University Press of Kansas KW - Vernacular photography KW - United States KW - Male friendship KW - Pictorial works KW - Soldiers KW - Recreation KW - Photographic criticism KW - Photographie vernaculaire KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Amiti�e masculine KW - Ouvrages illustr�es KW - Militaires KW - Loisirs KW - Critique photographique KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3610700 ER -