Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

Zusatztext To come. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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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

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Product details

• Authors: B Boyle, B. Boyle, B. Combe Boyle, Combe, K Combe, K. Combe, Kirk Combe
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2015
• EAN: 9781349472048
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47204-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Global Masculinities; Global Masculinities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Genre, B, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Communication, The arts: general issues, Arts, Film History, Gender studies, gender groups, Media and Communication Theory, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies