@article{455869,
      recid = {455869},
      author = {Kord, Susanne. and Krimmer, Elisabeth,},
      title = {Contemporary Hollywood masculinities gender, genre, and  politics / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {1 online resource (280 p.) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455869},
}