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9780230283787

Masculinity and Film Performance Male Angst in Contemporary American Cinema

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230283787

  • ISBN10:

    0230283780

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-08-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen.

Author Biography

Donna Peberdy is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. Her research and publications focus on performance, Masculinity and sexuality in American cinema. She is currently researching representations of taboo sex for a collection of essays she is co-editing titled Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversities (2013).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Being a Man
PART I: PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMERS
Performance and Masculinity
Performing Angst
PART II: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
From Wimps to Wild Men: Bipolar Masculinity and the Paradoxical Performances of Tom Cruise
Performing Paternity: Clinton, Nostalgia and the Racial Politics of Fatherhood
Aging Men: Viagra, Retiring Boomers and Jack Nicholson
Conclusion: Returns, Renewals, Departures
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

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