{"product_id":"the-illegible-man-disability-and-masculinity-in-twentieth-century-america-paperback-softback-9780253071798","title":"The Illegible Man; Disability and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253071798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Illegible Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDisability and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWill Kanyusik (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253071798\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does the sudden onset of disability impact the sense of self in a person whose identity was, at least in part, predicated on the possession of what is culturally understood to be an \"able\" body? How does this experience make visible the structures enabling society's shared notions of heteronormative masculinity?\u003cbr\u003e In the United States, the Second World War functioned as a key moment in the emergence of modern understandings of disability, demonstrating that an increased concern with disability in the postwar period would ultimately lead to greater incoherence in the definitions and cultural meanings of disability in America. \u003ci\u003eThe Illegible Man \u003c\/i\u003eexamines depictions of disability in American film and literature in twentieth-century postwar contexts, beginning with the first World War and continuing through America's war in Vietnam. Will Kanyusik searches for the origin of discourse surrounding disability and masculinity after the Second World War, examining both literature and film—both fiction and documentary—their depictions of disability and masculinity, and how many of these texts were created by the relationship between the culture industry and the Office of War Information in the 1940s.\u003cbr\u003e Supported by original archival research, \u003ci\u003eThe Illegible Man\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new understanding of disability, masculinity, and war in American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Disability, Masculinity, and the Problem of Legibility in Postwar American Fiction\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Trust to Suspicion: Disability, Masculinity, and the American Culture of Scrutiny in the War Department Documentary\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tactile Visions: Disability, Prosthesis, and the Problem of Recognition in Postwar American Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 4. Returns and Repressions: Economies of Violence and Anxieties on the Home Front\u003cbr\u003e 5. Landscapes of Loss: Disability, The American Wilderness, and the Remasculinization of the Vietnam Veteran\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Disability, Resilience, and the Cost of American Hegemony under Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525705658648,"sku":"9780253071798","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-illegible-man-disability-and-masculinity-in-twentieth-century-america-paperback-softback-9780253071798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}