Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics by Kord, Susanne

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230338418)

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Format: Hardcover
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Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics by Kord, Susanne

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics

$109.99
Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics by Kord, Susanne

Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics

$109.99
Format: Hardcover
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Kord and Krimmer investigate the most common male types - cops, killers, fathers, cowboys, superheroes, spies, soldiers, rogues, lovers, and losers - by tracing changing concepts of masculinity in popular Hollywood blockbusters from 1992 to 2008 - the Clinton and Bush eras - against a backdrop of contemporary political events, social developments, and popular American myths. Their in-depth analysis of over sixty films, from The Matrix and Iron Man to Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings, shows that movies, far from being mere entertainment, respond directly to today's social and political realities, from consumerism to "family values" to the War on Terror.

Author: Susanne Kord,Elisabeth Krimmer
ISBN-10: 0230338410
ISBN-13: 9780230338418
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2011
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2012
By Susanne Kord
By Susanne Kord
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Author Susanne Kord: Susanne Kord is Professor of German, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at University College London, UK. Author Elisabeth Krimmer: Elisabeth Krimmer is Professor of German, Performance Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA.

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