04107nam 2200601Ia 450 991096384710332120251116163407.00-8143-3691-4(CKB)3170000000046951(OCoLC)835768036(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715409(SSID)ssj0000606096(PQKBManifestationID)11372069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606096(PQKBWorkID)10580481(PQKB)11275976(MiAaPQ)EBC3416510(MdBmJHUP)muse11055(Au-PeEL)EBL3416510(CaPaEBR)ebr10715409(BIP)44330693(BIP)29829151(EXLCZ)99317000000004695120100416d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrShadows of doubt negotiations of masculinity in American genre films /Barry Keith Grant1st ed.Detroit Wayne State University Pressc20111 online resource (255 p.) Contemporary approaches to film and television seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8143-3457-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231), filmography (p. 217-220), and index.Introduction -- Pistols and stamens : gender and genre in D. W. Griffith's Broken blossoms -- Walking small : W. C. Fields, Groucho Marx, and the emasculation of the American comic tradition -- Cock and bull story : Howard Hawks's Red river, professionalism, and the Western -- The classic Hollywood musical, male desire, and the "problem" of rock n' roll -- Growing up absurd : shtick meets teenpic in the delicate delinquent -- "Cussers last stan'" : black masculinity in the cool world -- Of men and monoliths : science fiction, gender, and 2001 a space odyssey -- Taking back The night of the living dead : George Romero, feminism, and the horror film -- Rich and strange : economic performance anxiety and the yuppie horror film -- Man's favorite sport? the action films of Kathryn Bigelow.In Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films, Barry Keith Grant questions the idea that Hollywood movies reflect moments of crisis in the dominant image of masculinity. Arguing instead that part of the mythic function of genre movies is to offer audiences an ongoing dialogue on issues of gender, Grant explores a wide range of genre films, including comedies, musicals, horror, science fiction, westerns, teen movies, and action films. In ten chapters arranged chronologically according to the films discussed, Grant provides a series of close analyses of such disparate films such as Broken Blossoms, The Fatal Glass of Beer, Red River, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Night of the Living Dead, and The Hurt Locker to demonstrate that representations of masculinity in the movies involve a continuous process of ideological testing and negotiation. While some of the films considered offer important challenges to dominant representations of masculinity, others reveal an acceptance or capitulation to them. Always attentive to the details of individual film texts, Grant also places the genre films he discusses within their historical contexts and the broader contexts and traditions of popular culture that inform them, including literature, theater, and music. Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in gender studies will appreciate Shadows of Doubt.Contemporary approaches to film and television series.Masculinity in motion picturesMotion picturesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMasculinity in motion pictures.Motion picturesHistory791.43/6521Grant Barry Keith1947-846037MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963847103321Shadows of doubt4481487UNINA