Author

Publication

2011 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveperformingameric00elwo
  • ISBN-100253355737
  • ISBN-139780253355737
  • ISBN-139780253222701
  • ISBN-139780253000842
and 8 more
  • ISBN-100253222702
  • ISBN-10025300084X
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010029431
  • OCLC Control Number548633800
  • Better World Books9780253222701
  • Better World Books9780253355737
  • Better World Books9780253000842
  • Open LibraryOL24914110M

Classifications

  • DDC305.310973
  • LCCHQ1090.3 .P46 2011
  • LCCHQ1090.3

Description

"This collection highlights the fluidity of masculinity in American popular culture at the turn of the new millennium and beyond by examining possibilities for male identity formation. Each chapter mines American popular culture -- theatre, film, literature, music, advertising, internet content, television, photography, and current events -- to pose questions about the process of gender creation and the contestation of masculinities as constantly changing political forms. The first section explores masculinities within late capitalism and includes studies of Seinfeld, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and reality television. The second section addresses identity when masculinity intersects with race, religion, disability, and sexuality, including chapters on Barack Obama, the O.J. trial, and popular movies."--Pub. desc.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Performing American masculinities: the 21st-century man in popular cultureIndiana University Press2011-01-01

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