Modeling Manhood:: Adam Sandler's Portrayals of Masculinity and Manhood

K.B. Chapman spent over three years studying and analyzing the filmography of Adam Sandler in preparation for her Master’s Thesis. In Modeling Manhood: Adam Sandler’s Portrayals of Masculinity and Manhood, she provides a concise look into the thinking behind the films. Her analyzation of Sandler's characters and the females he is attracted to in each film became a study in gender dynamics. Chapman avoids typical feminist rhetoric, looking instead through a lens of intelligent common-sense r...