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It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps
It's a Man's World Men's Adventure Magazines the Postwar Pulps Author:Mort Künstler, Bill Devine, Josh Alan Friedman, David Saunders, Bruce Jay Friedman Mens magazines first appeared in great numbers after World War II and the Korean War. Their signature stories, supposedly based on reality, often depicted brawny he-men protecting lustful women from savages, Nazis, Koreans, or Cubans. Its a Mans World explores a time when magazines like Argosy and True flourished, along with th... more »eir more sexually charged counterparts such as Stag and For Men Only. The book is both an art gallery and a lively history, profiling the magazines themes of bondage and S/M, racism, and sexism. Editor Adam Parfrey provides sociological context for the extraordinary covers, interior art, and articles in these cultural artifacts. Extensively illustrated with reproductions from magazines like Saga, Stag, and more, this is a colorful and lively retrospective of masculinity in the cold-war era.« less