Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities : Gender, Genre, and Politics.

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities : Gender, Genre, and Politics.

Traces changing concepts of masculinity in contemporary Hollywood films against a backdrop of political events, social developments, and popular American myths.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kord, Susanne
Other Authors: Krimmer, Elisabeth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Men in motion pictures.
Films, cinema.
Performing Arts.
Masculinity in motion pictures
Men in motion pictures
Motion pictures
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; Men in Trouble; 2 Lawlessness and Disorder: Cops and Other Serial Killers; 3 Fathers, Crises, and Nations; 4 Cowboys, Myths, and Audiences; Real Men?; 5 Superheroes, Leadership, and the War on Terror; 6 Spies, Paranoia, and Torture; 7 Soldiers from World War II to Iraq; New Men?; 8 Rogues, Race, and Hegemony; 9 Lovers: Men, Women, and Gender Equality; 10 Losers, Meritocracy, and Identification; 11 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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