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Cable Guys : Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century / / Amanda D. Lotz



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Autore: Lotz Amanda D. <1974-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cable Guys : Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century / / Amanda D. Lotz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : New York University Press, , 2014
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina: 791.45/65211
Soggetto topico: Television americaine
Television
Series televisees americaines (Etats-Unis)
Series televisees
Masculinite
Teledistribution - États-Unis - 21e siecle
Television - Aspect social - États-Unis - 21e siecle
Hommes - A la television - États-Unis
Masculinite - A la television - États-Unis
Television broadcasting - Social aspects
Men on television
Masculinity on television
Cable television - Social aspects
Television - Aspect social - États-Unis
Teledistribution - Aspect social - États-Unis
Hommes à la television
Masculinite à la television
Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States
Cable television - Social aspects - United States
Soggetto geografico: Etats-Unis
United States
Classificazione: SOC052000PER010030SOC032000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Understanding Men on Television -- Trying to Man Up: Struggling with Contemporary Masculinities in Cable's Male-Centered Serials -- Any Men and Outlaws: The Unbearable Burden of Straight White Man -- Where Men Can Be Men: The Homosocial Enclave and Jocular Policing of Masculinity -- Dynamic Duos: Hetero Intimacy and the New Male Friendship -- Conclusion: Is It the End of Men as We Know Them?
Sommario/riassunto: The emergence of "male-centered serials" such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons Of Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiating modern masculinities. Fromthe meth-dealing but devoted family man Walter White of AMC’s Breaking Bad,to the part-time basketball coach, part-time gigolo Ray Drecker of HBO’s Hung,depictions of male characters perplexed by societal expectations of men andanxious about changing American masculinity have become standard across thetelevision landscape. Engaging with a wide variety of shows, including TheLeague, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, Amanda D. Lotzidentifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailinggender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display incontemporary cable dramas.Examiningthe emergence of “male-centered serials” such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons of Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiatingmodern masculinities, Lotz analyzes how these shows combine feminist approachesto fatherhood and marriage with more traditional constructions of masculineidentity that emphasize men’s role as providers. She explores the dynamics ofclose male friendships both in groups, as in Entourage and Men of aCertain Age, wherein characters test the boundaries between the homosocialand homosexual in their relationships with each other, and in the dyadicintimacy depicted in Boston Legal and Scrubs. Cable Guys provides amuch needed look into the under-considered subject of how constructions of masculinitycontinue to evolve on television.
Titolo autorizzato: Cable Guys  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4798-0012-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910852985503321
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