Destruction and Delight: World War II Combat Photography and the Aesthetic Inscription of Masculine Identity

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-102

  Vettel Becker, Patricia ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic bomb; combat photography; Edward Steichen; masculinity; violence; World War II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990342406     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X02005001004     Document Type: Article

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