Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

by K. Combe, B. Boyle

Overview

In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349472048
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/19/2015
Series:	Global Masculinities
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Author Kirk Combe: Kirk Combe is Professor of English at Denison University, USA. Author Brenda Boyle: Brenda Boyle is Associate Professor of English at Denison University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introductions: Of Masculine, Monstrous, and Me 1. Tossing Blondes in Peter Jackson's King Kong 2. Hooah! We…Are…Sparta! 3. Love and Violence in V for Vendetta 4. Going "Full Retard" in Tropic Thunder 5. The New Millennium Manliness Coda: The Monster's Suit

Editorial Reviews

To come.

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