Title: Creating the modern man
Description: "In Creating the Modern Man, Tom Pendergast studies the multifaceted ways that masculinity is represented in magazines published during this transitional period.".

"Pendergast focuses on the rise of mass consumer culture, demonstrating that consumerism was a key factor in reshaping American notions of masculinity as presented in popular magazines. Whereas much scholarship has decried the effects of consumerism, Pendergast treats consumer culture as an energizing force in the American magazine market.

He suggests that such magazines offered men new and meaningful visions of masculine identity and argues that men actively participated in restructuring the masculine ideal."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Consumption (Economics), Men in mass media, Body image in men, Masculinity, Men in popular culture, History, Body image, Men, psychology, Mass media, social aspects, Popular culture, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century