Abstract:Produced between 1943 and 1947, the Armed Services Editions comprised 1,322 titles and 122,951,031 books. A central part of middle-brow culture's institutionalization, they democratized reading for servicemen, setting the stage for a massive consumption of middlebrow print culture postwar. Further, the Editions illuminate the ways in which this culture dovetailed with anxieties about masculinity. While the Editions shored up GIs' morale, they helped revitalize long-standing concerns about men's reputed softening and even effeminacy. In consuming middlebrow print culture, critics argued, men opted for the weak and spurious instead of the virile and vigorous—a dereliction of duty in Cold War America.

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“像封面女郎一样受欢迎”：二十世纪中叶美国的武装部队版本、男子气概和中眉版画文化

摘要：1943 年至 1947 年间，武装部队版本包括 1,322 种标题和 122,951,031 本书。作为中眉文化制度化的核心部分，他们使军人的阅读民主化，为战后中眉印刷文化的大规模消费奠定了基础。此外，这些版本阐明了这种文化与对男性气质的焦虑相吻合的方式。虽然这些版本鼓舞了 GI 的士气，但它们帮助重振了长期以来对男性软弱甚至柔弱的担忧。批评者认为，在消费中庸的印刷文化时，男性选择了虚弱和虚假，而不是刚强有力的人——这是冷战美国的失职。