Screening the Male - Exploring Masculinities in the Hollywood Cinema

Gathering together thirteen original essays by scholars in the US, UK, and Australia, as well as Steve Neale's ground-breaking article on male spectacle, this collection looks beyond the seemingly unassailable monolithic understanding of the 'masculine' which has previously dominated most film criticism.

List of contents

Contributors: Susan Jeffords, Yvonne Tasker, Cynthia J.Fuchs, Helen W. Robbins, Steven Cohan, Ina Rae Hark, Peter Lehman, Gaylyn Studlar, Robyn Wiegman, Steven Neale, Lucy Fischer, Christine Holmlund, Barbara Cred, Adam Knee

About the author

Steve Cohan, Ina Rae Hark

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.

Additional text

`Shows comprehensively from Valentino and Astaire through Douglas and Eastwood to Stallone and Schwarzenegger that it is wrong to take masculinity for granted ... An important resource book both on courses and for further research.' - Alan Sinfield, Gay Times

Product details

• Authors: Steve Cohan
• Assisted by: Steve Cohan (Editor), Steven Cohan (Editor), Cohan Steve (Editor), Ina M. Hark (Editor), Ina Rae Hark (Editor), Hark Ina Rae (Editor), Ina Mae Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780415077590
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07759-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 432 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Feminism and feminist theory, Film history, theory or criticism