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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456188003321

Autore

Greven David

Titolo

Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush [[electronic resource] /] / David Greven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Texas Press, : Austin, 2009

ISBN

0-292-79350-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6521

Soggetti

Masculinity in motion pictures

Men in motion pictures

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

When Hollywood masculinity became self-aware -- Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush -- An ill-fated bacchanal: Casualties of war and the horror of the homosocial -- Male medusas and female heroes: fetishism and ambivalence in The silence of the lambs -- The Hollywood man date: split masculinity and the double-protagonist film -- Destroying something beautiful: narcissism, male violence, and the homosocial in Fight club -- "Am I blue?" Vin Diesel and multiracial male sexuality -- The devil wears abjection: The passion of the Christ -- Narcissus transfigured: Brokeback Mountain -- The reign of masochism.