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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789406203321

Autore

Peberdy D

Titolo

Masculinity and Film Performance [[electronic resource] ] : Male Angst in Contemporary American Cinema / / by D. Peberdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-21011-8

9786613210111

0-230-30874-0

0-230-30870-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6538

791.436521

Soggetti

Culture—Study and teaching

Motion pictures—History

Sociology

Motion pictures and television

Film genres

Popular culture - Study and teaching

Regional and Cultural Studies

Film History

Gender Studies

Screen Studies

Genre

Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Performance and performers -- pt. 2. Roles and representations.

Sommario/riassunto

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.