Mama''s Boy : Momism and Homophobia in Postwar American Culture

Name: Mama''s Boy
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137274052
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ISBN: 9781137274052

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1137274050

ISBN-13 9781137274052

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 24th, 2012

Print length 209 Pages

Weight 400 grams

Dimensions 22.20 x 14.60 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: The Americas North America (USA and Canada)Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Cultural studies Cultural studies

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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.

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. Roel 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.

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