03126nam 2200649Ia 450 991082635820332120200520144314.00-7914-8733-41-4175-2404-9(CKB)1000000000446832(OCoLC)61367674(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594889(SSID)ssj0000251866(PQKBManifestationID)11939258(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251866(PQKBWorkID)10170605(PQKB)11272471(MiAaPQ)EBC3408555(OCoLC)55896231(MdBmJHUP)muse5968(Au-PeEL)EBL3408555(CaPaEBR)ebr10594889(OCoLC)884006434(DE-B1597)684288(DE-B1597)9780791487334(EXLCZ)99100000000044683220020812d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrStraight constructions of heterosexuality in the cinema /Wheeler Winston Dixon1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (219 p.) The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/videoBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5623-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-179) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Constructing Straightness -- Breaks in the System -- Performativity and Rupture -- The Commodification of Straightness -- Works Cited and Consulted -- About the Author -- Indexstraight / 'strāt (adj.) . . . without curves . . . correct . . . honest . . . not deviating from the normal . . . conventional . . . HeterosexualPractically all mainstream cinema is "straight," and has been since its inception. In Straight, Wheeler Winston Dixon explores how heterosexual performativity has been constructed in film, from early cinema to the present day. In addition to discussing how cinematic visions of masculine and feminine desire have been commodified and sold to reinforce existing societal constructs, Dixon also documents the recent emergence of "hypermasculinity," a kinetic and exaggerated masculinity that has been created to counter the more gentle, thoughtful male portrayed in While You Were Sleeping, Sleepless in Seattle, and other films that seemingly threaten the established order of patriarchal cinematic discourse.Man-woman relationships in motion picturesSex role in motion picturesMasculinity in motion picturesMan-woman relationships in motion pictures.Sex role in motion pictures.Masculinity in motion pictures.791.43/63538Dixon Wheeler W.1950-1006109MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826358203321Straight4099678UNINA