| Description |
x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Masculinity as multiple masquerade : the 'mature' Stallone and the Stallone clone / Chris Holmlund -- Dumb movies for dumb people : masculinity, the body, and the voice in contemporary action cinema / Yvonne Tasker -- Can masculinity be terminated? / Susan Jeffords |
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Prologue : masculinity as spectacle : reflections on men and mainstream cinema / Steve Neale -- Valentino, 'optic intoxication,' and dance madness / Gaylyn Studlar -- 'Feminizing' the song-and-dance man : Fred Astaire and the spectacle of masculinity in the Hollywood musical / Steven Cohan -- Mama's boy : filial hysteria in White heat / Lucy Fischer -- The dialectic of female power and male hysteria in Play Misty for me / Adam Knee -- 'Don't blame this on a girl' : female rape-revenge films / Peter Lehman -- Dark desires : male masochism in the horror film / Barbara Creed -- 'More human than I am alone' : womb envy in David Cronenberg's The fly and Dead ringers / Helen W. Robbins -- Animals or Romans : looking at masculinity in Spartacus / Ina Rae Hark -- Feminism, 'the boyz,' and other matters regarding the male / Robyn Wiegman -- The buddy politic / Cynthia J. Fuchs |
| Summary |
A series of essays from an impressive group of international scholars re-examines the problematic status of masculinity both in Hollywood cinema and feminist film theory |
| Analysis |
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Men |
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United States |
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Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Men |
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United States |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Men in motion pictures.
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Sex in motion pictures.
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| SUBJECT |
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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| Author |
Cohan, Steven, 1948-
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Hark, Ina Rae.
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| LC no. |
92005815 |
| ISBN |
0415077583 |
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0415077591 (paperback) |
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