Contemporary Hollywood masculinities [electronic resource] : gender, genre, and politics / Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer.

1st ed.

9781137016218 (electronic book)
9780230338418

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

English

1 online resource (280 p.) : ill.

PN1995.9.M34 K68 2011eb

791.43/653

"Kord and Krimmer investigate the most common male types - cops, killers, fathers, cowboys, superheroes, spies, soldiers, rogues, lovers, and losers - bytracing changing concepts of masculinity in popular Hollywood blockbusters from 1992 to 2008 - the Clinton and Bush eras - against a backdrop of contemporary political events, social developments, and popular American myths.Their in-depth analysis of over sixty films, from The Matrix and Iron Man to Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings, shows that movies, far from being mere entertainment, respond directly to today's social and political realities, from consumerism to "family values" to the War on Terror"--Provided by publisher.

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