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Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Abele is associate professor of English at SUNY Nassau Community College.John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco is assistant professor and convener of American studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Klappentext The relationship between U.S. masculinity and American feminist movements of the twentieth century is complex. The essays collected in Screening Images of American Masculinity in the Age of Postfeminism engage prominent film and television texts that directly interrogate image... Zusammenfassung The relationship between U.S. masculinity and American feminist movements of the twentieth century is complex. The essays collected in Screening Images of American Masculinity in the Age of Postfeminism engage prominent film and television texts that directly interrogate images of U.S. masculinity that have appeared since second-wave feminism! acknowledging the limits of their negotiations and self-actualization. This book covers a wide range of genres and decades: from action and fantasy to dramas and romantic comedy! from the late 1970s to today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Screening Images of American Masculinity in the Age of PostfeminismList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Liberating American Masculinity Elizabeth AbeleRecovering Masculinities 1: Fashioning Flexibility: Racial Neoliberalism and the Vicissitudes of MasculinityMichael Litwack 2: "Any closer and you'd be Mom": The Limits of Post-Feminist Paternity in the Films of Robin Williams Katie Barnett 3: Rethinking the Nation and the Body Politic: The Wrestler and the Demise of American ExceptionalismJohn A. Gronbeck-Tedesco 4: The Bourne Refusal: Changing the Rules of the Game Mary T. Hartson Masculinities for Men and Women5: Subverting the Master's Hero: Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds as a New Kind of Space Cowboy Laura L. Beadling6: When Eleven Year-Olds Kick-Ass: Hit-Girl as Role Model or Victim? Keith FriedlanderNegotiated Masculinities7: "I'm listening": Analyzing the Masculine Example of Frasier Crane Dustin Gann 8: Hanging With the Boys: Homosocial Bonding and Bromance Coupling in Nip/Tuck and Boston Legal Pamela Hill Nettleton9: Some Assembly Required: Joss Whedon's Bridging of Masculinities in Marvel Films' The Avengers Derek S. McGrathLoving Anti-Heroes 10: The Agency of Nostalgia in Mad MenMaureen McKnight11: "Out Like a Man": Straddling the Postfeminist Fence in Dexter and Breaking Bad Brenda Boudreau 12: Last Men Standing: Will Smith as the Obsolete Patriarchal MaleElizabeth Abele...
