What a Man's Gotta Do: The Masculine Myth in Popular Culture

by Antony Easthope

Book Overview

What is masculinity? Drawing on psychoanalysis and an understanding of ideology, Easthope shows how the masculine myth forces men to try to be masculine and only masculine, denying their feminine side. In an original contribution to the understanding of gender, he analyzes masculinity as it is represented in a wide range of mass media --films, television, newspapers, pop music, and pop novels. Why are two men in a John Wayne western more concerned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415906385
• ISBN13: 9780415906388
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"