City boys : Cagney, Bogart, Garfield
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City boys : Cagney, Bogart, Garfield
Princeton University Press, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-298) and index
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Description
Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or private eye, the "city boy" seemed the quintessential product of urban America, although he was more a model for his audience than a mirror of social actuality. While blending the stories of the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and Garfield into one fascinating narrative, Robert Sklar probes the cultural forces that produced this vivid cultural icon and examines its power over masculine self-definition.
Table of Contents
List of IllustrationsPrefacePt. ICity Boys Go National1A Society of Ragamuffins32Roughneck Sissy and Charming Boy113The Private Enemy29Pt. IICity Boys as Hollywood Types4Baby Face575The Studio Labyrinth766Pushcarts and Patriotism104Pt. IIICity Boys in War and Cold War7Heroes without Uniforms1338Ordinary Guys and Private Eyes1539American Dopes177Pt. IVCity Boys Grow Older10A Street Boy's Honor20311He Didn't Stand Still22712Top of the World252Acknowledgments279Abbreviations Used in Notes and Sources281Notes283Sources291Index299
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