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Author Fraiman, Susan.

Title Cool men and the second sex / Susan Fraiman
Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 212 pages)
Series Gender and culture
Gender and culture.
Contents Preface: The Uncool Mother; 1. Quentin Tarantino: Anatomy of Cool; 2. Spike Lee and Brian De Palma: Scenarios of Race and Rape; 3. Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism; 4. Andrew Ross: The Romance of the Bad Boy; 5. Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Figures in Black Masculinity; 6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex; Postscript: Doing the Right Thing; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? In Cool Men and the Second Sex, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with ""cool masculinity"" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. According to Fraiman, ""cool men"" rebel against a mainstream defined as maternal. Bad boys resist the authority of women and banish mothers to the realm of the uncool. As a result, despite their hipness -- or because o
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Men -- Identity.
Men -- Attitudes
Gender identity.
Masculinity.
Gender Identity
sex role.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Gender identity.
Masculinity.
Men -- Attitudes.
Men -- Identity.
Virilismus.
Geschlechtsidentität.
Identität.
Mannen.
Seksisme.
Populaire cultuur.
Feminisme.
Attitude.
Homme.
Identité masculine.
Identité sexuelle.
Masculinité
Mann.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0231503326
9780231503327