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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954393103321
• Autore: Peberdy Donna <1981->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613210111; 9781283210119; 1283210118; 9780230308749; 0230308740; 9780230308701; 0230308708
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2011.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6538
• Soggetti: Ethnology; Culture; Motion pictures - History; Sex; Motion pictures; Television broadcasting; Film genres; Culture - Study and teaching; Regional Cultural Studies; Film and TV History; Gender Studies; Film and Television Studies; Genre Studies; 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.