CComputing

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2009-03-17
ISBN 10	: 9780786729265
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (292 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit written by Sloan Wilson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title -- like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 -- has become a part of America's cultural vocabulary. Tom Rath doesn't want anything extraordinary out of life: just a decent home, enough money to support his family, and a career that won't crush his spirit. After returning from World War II, he takes a PR job at a television network. It is inane, dehumanizing work. But when a series of personal crises force him to reexamine his priorities -- and take responsibility for his past -- he is finally moved to carve out an identity for himself. This is Sloan Wilson's searing indictment of a society that had just begun to lose touch with its citizens. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a classic of American literature and the basis of the award-winning film starring Gregory Peck. "A consequential novel." -- Saturday Review

Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit

Author	: David Castronovo
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2004-09-01
ISBN 10	: 0826417663
Pages	: 214 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (63 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit written by David Castronovo and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1940s through the JFK years, America was the home office of literary innovation. Writers forged new styles with the rapidly changing times, and generated new ideas that fit the challenges of late modernity. Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit shows how particular landmark books took on the hot-button subjects of the 1950s: race and religious difference; social class and the suburbs; the youth culture; conformity and groupthink; and much else.

A Novel Marketplace

Author	: Evan Brier
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date	: 2012-02-25
ISBN 10	: 9780812201444
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (14 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book A Novel Marketplace written by Evan Brier and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As television transformed American culture in the 1950s, critics feared the influence of this newly pervasive mass medium on the nation's literature. While many studies have addressed the rhetorical response of artists and intellectuals to mid-twentieth-century mass culture, the relationship between the emergence of this culture and the production of novels has gone largely unexamined. In A Novel Marketplace, Evan Brier illuminates the complex ties between postwar mass culture and the making, marketing, and reception of American fiction. Between 1948, when television began its ascendancy, and 1959, when Random House became a publicly owned corporation, the way American novels were produced and distributed changed considerably. Analyzing a range of mid-century novels—including Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Sloan Wilson's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and Grace Metalious's Peyton Place—Brier reveals the specific strategies used to carve out cultural and economic space for the American novel just as it seemed most under threat. During this anxious historical moment, the book business underwent an improbable expansion, by capitalizing on an economic boom and a rising population of educated consumers and by forming institutional alliances with educators and cold warriors to promote reading as both a cultural and political good. A Novel Marketplace tells how the book trade and the novelists themselves successfully positioned their works as embattled holdouts against an oppressive mass culture, even as publishers formed partnerships with mass-culture institutions that foreshadowed the multimedia mergers to come in the 1960s. As a foil for and a partner to literary institutions, mass media corporations assisted in fostering the novel's development as both culture and commodity.

Masculinity in Fiction and Film

Author	: Brian Baker
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2006-04-09
ISBN 10	: 9781847141491
Pages	: 186 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (414 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Masculinity in Fiction and Film written by Brian Baker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-04-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at a wide range of fiction and film texts, from the 1950s to the present, in order to analyse the ways in which masculinity has been represented in popular culture in Britain and the United States. It covers numerous genres, including spy fiction, science fiction, the Western and police thrillers. Each chapter focuses on key forms of masculinity found in each genre, such as the 'double agent', the 'rogue cop' and the 'citizen-soldier'. Brian Baker takes a broad, contextual approach, placing a detailed discussion of key texts and issues concerning masculinity in their historical and cultural context. Written in a clear, accessible way, it explores the changing representation of men over the last fifty years.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	: William Morrow
Release Date	: 1984
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015005571347
Pages	: 328 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (5 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II written by Sloan Wilson and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1984 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a novel about the American search for purpose in a world dominated by business. Tom and Betsy Rath share a struggle to find contentment in their hectic and material culture while several other characters fight essentially the same battle, but struggle in it for different reasons. In the end, it is a story of taking responsibility for one's own life. The book was largely autobiographical, drawing on Wilson's experiences as assistant director of the US National Citizen Commission for Public Schools.

Masked Men

Author	: Steve Cohan
Publisher	: Indiana University Press
Release Date	: 1997-12-22
ISBN 10	: 0253115876
Pages	: 376 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (76 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Masked Men written by Steve Cohan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1997-12-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifties marks the moment when a heterosexual/homosexual dualism came to dominate U.S. culture's thinking about masculinity. The films of this era record how gender and sexuality did not easily come together in a normative manhood common to American men. Instead these films demonstrate the widely held perception of a crises of masculinity. Masked Men documents how movies of the fifties represented masculinity as a multiple masquerade. Hollywood's star system positioned the male actor as a professional performer and as a body intended to solicit the erotic interest of male and female viewers alike. Drawing on publicity, poster art, fan magazines, and the popular press as a means of following the links between fifties stars, their films, and the social tensions of the period, Cohan juxtaposes Hollywood's narratives of masculinity against the personae of leading men like Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, William Holden, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, and Rock Hudson. Masked Men focuses on the gender and sexual masquerades that organized their performances of masculinity on and off screen.

Fashions of a Decade

Author	: Patricia Baker
Publisher	: Infobase Publishing
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: 9781438118918
Pages	: 65 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (189 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Fashions of a Decade written by Patricia Baker and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clothing has been a consistent recorder of history through the years, documenting the heights of fashion as it threaded its way through post-war society. This work traces this intricate history, from nylon stockings and stiletto heels to full skirts and slim-fitting bodices to Baby Doll nightwear and textured leisure suits.

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1972-01-01
ISBN 10	: 0706602358
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (58 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit written by Sloan Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Shall We Wear to this Party?

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	: Arbor House Publishing
Release Date	: 1976
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015010455486
Pages	: 454 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (51 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book What Shall We Wear to this Party? written by Sloan Wilson and published by Arbor House Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT

Author	: Nunnally Johnson
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1955
ISBN 10	: OCLC:18007624
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (76 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT written by Nunnally Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New York Magazine

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1973-09-17
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 104 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1973-09-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Gregory Peck

Author	: Gary Fishgall
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: 9780684852904
Pages	: 410 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (529 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Gregory Peck written by Gary Fishgall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gregory Peck: A Biography, Gary Fishgall meticulously recounts Peck's influential life, revealing the effects of the actor on the film industry and of the film industry on the actor."--BOOK JACKET.

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, Etc

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1958
ISBN 10	: OCLC:504634853
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (634 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, Etc written by Sloan Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1832
ISBN 10	: HARVARD:HL07O8
Pages	: 576 pages
Rating	: 4.R/5 ( users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court written by and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cultures of Commerce

Author	: E. Brown
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2016-10-19
ISBN 10	: 9781137071828
Pages	: 370 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (718 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Cultures of Commerce written by E. Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While historians have explored the impact on workers of changes in American business, the broader impact on other cultural forms, and vice versa, has not been widely studied. This anthology contributes to the debate at the intersection of business history and the study of cultural forms, ranging from material to visual culture to literature.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II

Author	: Sloan Wilson
Publisher	: Markham, Ont. : PaperJacks
Release Date	: 1985
ISBN 10	: 0770103332
Pages	: 318 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (32 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II written by Sloan Wilson and published by Markham, Ont. : PaperJacks. This book was released on 1985 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes]

Author	: Philip C. DiMare
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2011-06-17
ISBN 10	: 9781598842975
Pages	: 1232 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (429 users)

GET EBOOK!

Download or read book Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes] written by Philip C. DiMare and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative three-volume encyclopedia is a valuable resource for readers seeking an understanding of how movies have both reflected and helped engender America's political, economic, and social history. • Provides 450 A–Z entries that comprehensively cover the historical significance of subjects, people, and films of the American cinema • Contains contributions from 150 distinguished interdisciplinary scholars offering their analysis on the role of movies in American history • Includes reference materials and suggestions for further reading with every entry