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Roy Marcus Cohn and McCarthyism
出版Ohio State University, 2010
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PyatAQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Abstract: The following is an investigation of the experience of Roy Marcus Cohn, American lawyer, bureaucrat, federal prosecutor, and celebrity, during his time working as the chief counsel to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations headed by Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. It argues that Cohn pursued power by actively falsifying a public image of stereotypical masculinity while privately engaging in non-normative sexual behaviors. His upbringing and youthful experiences informed his understanding of mid-century American masculinity, his early professional career allowed him an audience in front of which to perform his version of masculinity, and his entry onto the national stage as an ally of McCarthy's finally brought this ruse to an end during the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. An exploration of this period in American history and Cohn's life fosters a deeper understanding of themes of masculinity, homosexuality, queerness, public knowledge, gossip, power politics, the lavender scare, the red scare, and McCarthyism.