Contemporary Hollywood masculinities [electronic resource] : gender, genre, and politics / Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer.
2011
PN1995.9.M34 K68 2011eb
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Contemporary Hollywood masculinities [electronic resource] : gender, genre, and politics / Susanne Kord and Elisabeth Krimmer.
Author
Kord, Susanne.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781137016218 (electronic book)
9780230338418
9780230338418
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (280 p.) : ill.
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PN1995.9.M34 K68 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/653
Summary
"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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Krimmer, Elisabeth, 1967-
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Men in trouble
Lawlessness and disorder: cops and other serial killers
Fathers, crises and nations
Cowboys, myths and audiences
Real men? Superheroes, leadership and the war on terror
Spies, paranoia, and torture
Soldiers from World War II to Iraq
New men? Rogues, race, and hegemony
Lovers: men, women, and gender equality
Losers, meritocracy and identification
Conclusion.
Lawlessness and disorder: cops and other serial killers
Fathers, crises and nations
Cowboys, myths and audiences
Real men? Superheroes, leadership and the war on terror
Spies, paranoia, and torture
Soldiers from World War II to Iraq
New men? Rogues, race, and hegemony
Lovers: men, women, and gender equality
Losers, meritocracy and identification
Conclusion.