Straight : constructions of heterosexuality in the cinema / / Wheeler Winston Dixon

• Autore: Dixon Wheeler W. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/63538
• Soggetto topico: Man-woman relationships in motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Masculinity in motion pictures
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: straight / '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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Straight
• ISBN: 0-7914-8733-4; 1-4175-2404-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826358203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II