Masculinity in the Contemporary Romantic Comedy: Gender as Genre

By John Alberti

Book Overview

This volume addresses the growing obsolescence of traditional constructions of masculine identity in popular cinema by proposing an approach that combines gender and genre theory to examine the ongoing radical reconstruction of gender roles in contemporary genre movies.In so doing, the project builds on existing scholarship and cinema theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138243345
• ISBN13: 9781138243347
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"