{"product_id":"reading-the-bromance-michael-deangelis-9780814338988","title":"Reading the Bromance: Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eExplores the popular cultural phenomenon of \"bromance\" in film and television and its oppositions between homosexual and homosocial behavior.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the middle of this century's first decade, \"bromance\" emerged as a term denoting an emotionally intense bond between straight men. Yet bromance requires an expression of intimacy that always toys with being coded as something other than \"straight\" male behavior, even as it insists that such intimacy must never be misinterpreted. In \u003ci\u003eReading the Bromance: Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television, \u003c\/i\u003e editor Michael DeAngelis has compiled a diverse group of essays that address the rise of this tricky phenomenon and explore the social and cultural functions it serves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contributors consider selected contemporary film and television texts, as well as the genres that historically inspired them, in order to explore what needs bromance attempts to fulfill in relationships between men--straight or otherwise. Essays analyze films ranging from \u003ci\u003eI Love You, Man \u003c\/i\u003eto\u003ci\u003e Superbad, Humpday, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, The Hangover, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJackass\u003c\/i\u003e films, and include studies of representative examples in international cinema such as \u003ci\u003eY tu mama tambien \u003c\/i\u003eand classic and contemporary films of the Bollywood genre. The volume also examines the increasingly prevalent appearance of the bromance phenomenon in television narratives, from the \"male bonding\" rituals of \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld \u003c\/i\u003eto more recent manifestations in \u003ci\u003eHouse, The Wire, \u003c\/i\u003e and the MTV reality series \u003ci\u003eBromance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From historical analysis to discourse analysis, sociological analysis, and queer theory, this volume provides a broad range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the phenomenon in the first booklength study of the bromance genre. Film and television scholars as well as readers interested in pop culture and queer studies will enjoy the insights of \u003ci\u003eReading the Bromance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Deangelis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814338984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814338988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.13w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2014 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 265","brand":"Michael Deangelis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926428221695,"sku":"9780814338988","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2f3d969-2ce7-41d5-bbd9-2055fd49ac67.jpg?v=1681083035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-bromance-michael-deangelis-9780814338988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}