| Description |
x, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN |
9780814334577 (pbk.) |
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0814334571 (pbk.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index. |
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Filmography: p. 217-220. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Series |
Contemporary approaches to film and television series.
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| Library Class |
Theatre K500.M25
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| Subject |
Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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