LEADER 04107nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910963847103321 005 20251116163407.0 010 $a0-8143-3691-4 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046951 035 $a(OCoLC)835768036 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715409 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372069 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580481 035 $a(PQKB)11275976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3416510 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3416510 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10715409 035 $a(BIP)44330693 035 $a(BIP)29829151 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046951 100 $a20100416d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShadows of doubt $enegotiations of masculinity in American genre films /$fBarry Keith Grant 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDetroit $cWayne State University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary approaches to film and television series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8143-3457-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-231), filmography (p. 217-220), and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films, Barry Keith Grant questions the idea that Hollywood movies reflect moments of crisis in the dominant image of masculinity. Arguing instead that part of the mythic function of genre movies is to offer audiences an ongoing dialogue on issues of gender, Grant explores a wide range of genre films, including comedies, musicals, horror, science fiction, westerns, teen movies, and action films. In ten chapters arranged chronologically according to the films discussed, Grant provides a series of close analyses of such disparate films such as Broken Blossoms, The Fatal Glass of Beer, Red River, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Night of the Living Dead, and The Hurt Locker to demonstrate that representations of masculinity in the movies involve a continuous process of ideological testing and negotiation. While some of the films considered offer important challenges to dominant representations of masculinity, others reveal an acceptance or capitulation to them. Always attentive to the details of individual film texts, Grant also places the genre films he discusses within their historical contexts and the broader contexts and traditions of popular culture that inform them, including literature, theater, and music. Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in gender studies will appreciate Shadows of Doubt. 410 0$aContemporary approaches to film and television series. 606 $aMasculinity in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aMasculinity in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 676 $a791.43/6521 700 $aGrant$b Barry Keith$f1947-$0846037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963847103321 996 $aShadows of doubt$94481487 997 $aUNINA