Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

K. Combe, B. Boyle (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

267 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-36080-9 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.

Author Kirk Combe: Kirk Combe is Professor of English at Denison University, USA. Author Brenda Boyle: Brenda Boyle is Associate Professor of English at Denison University, USA.

Introductions: Of Masculine, Monstrous, and Me 1. Tossing Blondes in Peter Jackson's King Kong 2. Hooah! We…Are…Sparta! 3. Love and Violence in V for Vendetta 4. Going "Full Retard" in Tropic Thunder 5. The New Millennium Manliness Coda: The Monster's Suit

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.11.2013
Reihe/Serie	Global Masculinities
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 267 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-137-36080-1 / 1137360801
ISBN-13	978-1-137-36080-9 / 9781137360809
Zustand	Neuware