Bro Comedies’ “refusal of maturity also invites some critical reflection about just what adulthood is supposed to mean”
The Updikean and Rothian heroes of the 1960s and 1970s chafed against the demands...
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“We Americans have never been all that comfortable with patriarchy in the strict sense of the word…”
We Americans have never been all that comfortable with patriarchy in the strict sense...
“…to be an American adult has always been to be a symbolic figure in someone else’s coming-of-age story”
…we can see that to be an American adult has always been to be...
“From the start, American culture was notably resistant to the claims of parental authority and the imperatives of adulthood”
From the start, American culture was notably resistant to the claims of parental authority...
“It is now possible to conceive of adulthood as the state of being forever young”
It is now possible to conceive of adulthood as the state of being forever...
“…’The Sopranos’ and ‘Mad Men’ heralded the end of male authority; we’ve also witnessed the erosion of traditional adulthood in any form…”
Not only have shows like “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men” heralded the end of...