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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824995703321

Autore

Bruzzi Stella <1962->

Titolo

Men's cinema : masculinity and mise-en-scène in Hollywood / / Stella Bruzzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, [England] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7486-7619-8

0-7486-7617-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Disciplina

791.4365211

Soggetti

Masculinity in motion pictures

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: towards a masculine aesthetic -- 1. How mise en scène tells the man’s story -- 2. Towards a masculine aesthetic -- 3. Men’s cinema -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cinema is not only an intellectual or cerebral experience, especially when we are talking about popular movies. This is a book about one aspect of how cinema makes us feel as well as think. Although all these aspects are intertwined, Men's Cinema is about identification as well as analysis, about mise-en-scene alongside representation and narrative . It reflects on how we as spectators are invited to understand, desire or identify with Hollywood's vision of men and masculinity via mise-en-scene , from the classical era to the present day. It shows how Hollywood has built up and refined the 'la