Heroes, antiheroes and dolts : portrayals of masculinity in American popular films, 1921-1999 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Trice, Ashton D. (συγγραφέας)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Holland, Samuel A. (συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001.
• Θέματα: Ανδρες στον κινηματογράφο; Ήρωες στον κινηματογράφο; Κινηματογράφος > Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής > Ιστορία

"Through a discussion of 75 of the most popular American films 1921-1999, interesting changes in how masculinity is portrayed are revealed. Traditionally in popular films, men have met challenging tasks, but what they accomplish and how successful they are have drastically changed since the ear...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• In the Beginning
• Valentino, the First Star?
• 1939
• Heroes
• Musicals of World War II
• Men as Objects: Men in the Weepies
• Casablanca
• Antiheroes
• Revisioning the War
• Saints and Sinners: Masculinity in the Biblical Epics of the 1950s and 1960s
• The Good 5̀0s Family: Shane
• Love Is Having to Say You're Sorry: Dysfunctional Families of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
• Bond
• Stirred, Not Shaken
• Superheroes and Dolts
• Star Wars
• Disney's Men and Boys
• Gump and Gumper: Men as Idiots
• Post-Feminist Heroes: Jack and Shakespeare.