{"product_id":"leading-with-the-chin-brad-congdon-9781487522162","title":"Leading with the Chin: Writing American Masculinities in Esquire, 1960-1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading with the Chin\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e writings of James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, Norman Mailer, and Tim O'Brien to examine how these authors negotiated important shifts in American masculinity. Using the works of these six authors as case studies, \u003ci\u003eLeading with the Chin\u003c\/i\u003e argues that \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e permitted writers to confront national fantasies of American masculinity as they were impacted by the rise of neoliberalism, civil rights and gay rights, and the cultural dominance of the professional-managerial class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying the methodologies of periodical studies and the theoretical concerns of masculinity studies, this book recontextualizes the prose and fiction of these authors by analyzing them in the material context of the magazine. Relating each author's articulation of masculinity to the advertisements, editorials, and articles published in each issue, \u003ci\u003eLeading with the Chin\u003c\/i\u003e shows that \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e reflected and helped to shape the forces that structured American masculinity in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Congdon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487522169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487522162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"Brad Congdon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431364120831,"sku":"9781487522162","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc38c5c6-094f-4032-9dd9-96e23621018e.jpg?v=1735141101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leading-with-the-chin-brad-congdon-9781487522162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}