02157nam 22004333u 450 991078608180332120230725035105.0(CKB)2670000000315728(EBL)909094(OCoLC)818856615(MiAaPQ)EBC909094(EXLCZ)99267000000031572820130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Cool Men and the Second Sex[electronic resource]New York Columbia University Press20101 online resource (239 p.)Gender and Culture SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-12963-7 Contents; Preface: The Uncool Mother; 1. Quentin Tarantino: Anatomy of Cool; 2. Spike Lee and Brian De Palma: Scenarios of Race and Rape; 3. Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism; 4. Andrew Ross: The Romance of the Bad Boy; 5. Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Figures in Black Masculinity; 6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex; Postscript: Doing the Right Thing; Notes; Works Cited; IndexAcademic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? In Cool Men and the Second Sex, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with ""cool masculinity"" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. According to Fraiman, ""cool men"" rebel against a mainstream defined as maternal. Bad boys resist the authority of women and banish mothers to the realm of the uncool. As a result, despite their hipness -- or because oGender and Culture SeriesGender identityMen - AttitudesMen - IdentityGender identity.Men - Attitudes.Men - Identity.305.31Fraiman Susan1496653AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786081803321Cool Men and the Second Sex3721449UNINA