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Screening the male : exploring masculinities in Hollywood cinema / edited by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c1993.Description: x, 272 pages : ill ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0415077583
  • 0415077591 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.M46 S36 1993
Contents:
Contents: Prologue : masculinity as spectacle : reflections on men and mainstream cinema / Steve Neale -- Valentino, 'optic intoxication,' and dance madness / Gaylyn Studlar -- 'Feminizing' the song-and-dance man : Fred Astaire and the spectacle of masculinity in the Hollywood musical / Steven Cohan -- Mama's boy : filial hysteria in White heat / Lucy Fischer -- The dialectic of female power and male hysteria in Play Misty for me / Adam Knee -- 'Don't blame this on a girl' : female rape-revenge films / Peter Lehman -- Dark desires : male masochism in the horror film / Barbara Creed -- 'More human than I am alone' : womb envy in David Cronenberg's The fly and Dead ringers / Helen W. Robbins -- Animals or Romans : looking at masculinity in Spartacus / Ina Rae Hark -- Feminism, 'the boyz,' and other matters regarding the male / Robyn Wiegman -- The buddy politic / Cynthia J. Fuchs.
Contents: Masculinity as multiple masquerade : the 'mature' Stallone and the Stallone clone / Chris Holmlund -- Dumb movies for dumb people : masculinity, the body, and the voice in contemporary action cinema / Yvonne Tasker -- Can masculinity be terminated? / Susan Jeffords.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Prologue : masculinity as spectacle : reflections on men and mainstream cinema / Steve Neale -- Valentino, 'optic intoxication,' and dance madness / Gaylyn Studlar -- 'Feminizing' the song-and-dance man : Fred Astaire and the spectacle of masculinity in the Hollywood musical / Steven Cohan -- Mama's boy : filial hysteria in White heat / Lucy Fischer -- The dialectic of female power and male hysteria in Play Misty for me / Adam Knee -- 'Don't blame this on a girl' : female rape-revenge films / Peter Lehman -- Dark desires : male masochism in the horror film / Barbara Creed -- 'More human than I am alone' : womb envy in David Cronenberg's The fly and Dead ringers / Helen W. Robbins -- Animals or Romans : looking at masculinity in Spartacus / Ina Rae Hark -- Feminism, 'the boyz,' and other matters regarding the male / Robyn Wiegman -- The buddy politic / Cynthia J. Fuchs.

Contents: Masculinity as multiple masquerade : the 'mature' Stallone and the Stallone clone / Chris Holmlund -- Dumb movies for dumb people : masculinity, the body, and the voice in contemporary action cinema / Yvonne Tasker -- Can masculinity be terminated? / Susan Jeffords.