Shadows of doubt :: negotiations of masculinity in American genre films /

In 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 dialo...

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1. Verfasser: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary approaches to film and television series.
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Zusammenfassung:In 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.--Publisher description.
"In Shadows of Doubt, Barry Keith Grant moves through virtually the entire history of American cinema, from the silents to the new millennium. Grant demonstrates both the ubiquity of masculinist ideals in American cinema and some key texts that challenge these notions within mainstream genre forms."--David Desser, professor of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign --Book Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations
Auszeichnungen:Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
ISBN:9780814336915
0814336914

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