Jan 20
Joe McCarthy, Masculine Identity, and the Possibilities of Gossip
Thu, January 20, 2022
• 4:30pm
- 5:30pm (1h) • Gould Library Athenaeum
Christopher Elias will talk about his new book Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation. By using gossip as a lens to examine profound issues of state security and institutional power, Elias thoroughly transforms our understanding of the development of modern American political culture.
Event Contact: Lisa Falconer