Gossip Men - J. Edgar Hoover, Joe Mccarthy, Roy Cohn, Politics of Insinuation

"The legacies of Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Roy Cohn seem like they might be with us forever. Yet Christopher Elias finds in them startling new connections between gender, sexuality, and national security in 20th-century US politics--a paradigm he christens "security state masculinity." Elias integrates biographies of the trio with a history of gossip magazines and their tactics--such as insinuation, guilt by association, hyperbole, and alarmism, not to mention cynicism, slang, and photographic manipulation--which all three used to consolidate their power. The story of security state masculinity reached its climax in the Army-McCarthy hearings, which were rife with insinuations and coded threats. Using gossip as a lens, Elias shifts our understanding of the development of American political culture"--

About the author

Christopher M. Elias is assistant professor of history at the American University in Cairo.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M Elias, Christopher M. Elias
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780226624822
• ISBN: 978-0-226-62482-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; USA, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Of specific Gay interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, HISTORY / LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics