Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities by Susanne Kord

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities by Susanne Kord

What does it mean to be a man in today's society? Kord and Krimmer investigate the most common male archetypes - cops, killers, cowboys, superheroes, soldiers, lovers, and losers - by tracing changing concepts of masculinity in popular Hollywood blockbusters from 1992 to 2008 against a backdrop of politics, social developments, and American myths.

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2012!

"An interesting work on the intersection of genre and masculinity in modern American film. . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." - CHOICE

"This terrific book will be sure to provoke welcome and lively debate. Skillfully and ambitiously argued, both comprehensive and astutely attentive to the smallest telling detail, and as fair-minded toward its subject as it is rigorously probing, Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities is a valuable contribution to an emergent field. I have no doubt that it will quickly prove to be required reading." - David Greven, associate professor, Department of Literatures in English, Connecticut College and author of Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush and Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema

Author Susanne Kord: Susanne Kord is Professor of German, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at University College London, UK. Author Elisabeth Krimmer: Elisabeth Krimmer is Professor of German, Performance Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781137372833
ISBN 10	1137372834
Title	Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities
Author	Susanne Kord
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2013-12-04
Number of pages	280
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