Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics

by Elisabeth Krimmer and Susanne Kord

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134934141X
• ISBN13: 9781349341412
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"