The relationship between U.S. masculinity and American feminist movements of the twentieth century is complex. This collection engages with prominent film and television texts that directly interrogate images of U.S. masculinity that have appeared since second-wave feminism, acknowledging the limits of their negotiations and self-actualization.
The relationship between U.S. masculinity and American feminist movements of the twentieth century is complex. This collection engages with prominent film and television texts that directly interrogate images of U.S. masculinity that have appeared since second-wave feminism, acknowledging the limits of their negotiations and self-actualization.
Elizabeth Abele is associate professor of English at SUNY Nassau Community College. John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco is assistant professor and convener of American Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Inhaltsangabe
Screening Images of American Masculinity in the Age of Postfeminism List of Illustrations Introduction: Liberating American Masculinity Elizabeth Abele Recovering Masculinities 1: Fashioning Flexibility: Racial Neoliberalism and the Vicissitudes of Masculinity Michael Litwack 2: "Any closer and you'd be Mom": The Limits of Post-Feminist Paternity in the Films of Robin Williams Katie Barnett 3: Rethinking the Nation and the Body Politic: The Wrestler and the Demise of American Exceptionalism John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco 4: The Bourne Refusal: Changing the Rules of the Game Mary T. Hartson Masculinities for Men and Women 5: Subverting the Master's Hero: Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds as a New Kind of Space Cowboy Laura L. Beadling 6: When Eleven Year-Olds Kick-Ass: Hit-Girl as Role Model or Victim? Keith Friedlander Negotiated Masculinities 7: "I'm listening": Analyzing the Masculine Example of Frasier Crane Dustin Gann 8: Hanging With the Boys: Homosocial Bonding and Bromance Coupling in Nip/Tuck and Boston Legal Pamela Hill Nettleton 9: Some Assembly Required: Joss Whedon's Bridging of Masculinities in Marvel Films' The Avengers Derek S. McGrath Loving Anti-Heroes 10: The Agency of Nostalgia in Mad Men Maureen McKnight 11: "Out Like a Man": Straddling the Postfeminist Fence in Dexter and Breaking Bad Brenda Boudreau 12: Last Men Standing: Will Smith as the Obsolete Patriarchal Male Elizabeth Abele
Screening Images of American Masculinity in the Age of Postfeminism List of Illustrations Introduction: Liberating American Masculinity Elizabeth Abele Recovering Masculinities 1: Fashioning Flexibility: Racial Neoliberalism and the Vicissitudes of Masculinity Michael Litwack 2: "Any closer and you'd be Mom": The Limits of Post-Feminist Paternity in the Films of Robin Williams Katie Barnett 3: Rethinking the Nation and the Body Politic: The Wrestler and the Demise of American Exceptionalism John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco 4: The Bourne Refusal: Changing the Rules of the Game Mary T. Hartson Masculinities for Men and Women 5: Subverting the Master's Hero: Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds as a New Kind of Space Cowboy Laura L. Beadling 6: When Eleven Year-Olds Kick-Ass: Hit-Girl as Role Model or Victim? Keith Friedlander Negotiated Masculinities 7: "I'm listening": Analyzing the Masculine Example of Frasier Crane Dustin Gann 8: Hanging With the Boys: Homosocial Bonding and Bromance Coupling in Nip/Tuck and Boston Legal Pamela Hill Nettleton 9: Some Assembly Required: Joss Whedon's Bridging of Masculinities in Marvel Films' The Avengers Derek S. McGrath Loving Anti-Heroes 10: The Agency of Nostalgia in Mad Men Maureen McKnight 11: "Out Like a Man": Straddling the Postfeminist Fence in Dexter and Breaking Bad Brenda Boudreau 12: Last Men Standing: Will Smith as the Obsolete Patriarchal Male Elizabeth Abele
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