Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film
This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, and film. Although white heterosexual masculinity continues to be the dominant model, it remains, paradoxically, largely invisible in gender terms. While the first three chapters thu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Studies of masculinities: an introduction
- 3 Poststructuralism and the «dissolution» of masculine identity
- 4 Masculinity as representation
- 5 Boys don’t cry? Masculinity and the politics of emotion
- 6 Dangerous liaisons? Friendships between men in Western history and culture
- 7 Masculinity as violence? Cultural and literary re-visions
- 8 Conclusions