Momism and Homophobia in Postwar American Culture
by
Roel van den Oever
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
In postwar America, the discourse of Momism advanced the idea that an over-affectionate or too-distant mother hampers the social and psychosexual development of her children, in particular her sons. Deemed worst of all was the outcome of homosexuality, since the period saw an intense policing of sexual...