Masculinity and film performance: male angst in contemporary American cinema

A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen. DONNA PEBERDY is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Southampton Solent University, UK. Her research and publications focus on performance, masculinity and sexuality in American cinema. She is currently researching representations of taboo sex for a collection of essays she is co-editing entitled 'Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversities'. INDICE: Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Being a Man - PART I: PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMERS - Performance and Masculinity - Performing Angst - PART II: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - From Wimps to Wild Men: Bipolar Masculinity and the Paradoxical Performances of Tom Cruise - Performing Paternity: Clinton, Nostalgia and the Racial Politics of Fatherhood - Aging Men: Viagra, Retiring Boomers and Jack Nicholson - Conclusion: Returns, Renewals, Departures - Notes - Filmography - Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28378-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés