Manhood in Hollywood : from Bush to Bush /
Greven, David.
Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press,
2009.
This is a study of the struggle between narcissistic and masochistic modes of manhood that defined Hollywood masculinity from the late 1980s to the first decade of the 21st century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When Hollywood masculinity became self-aware -- Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush -- An ill-fated bacchanal: Casualties of war and the horror of the homosocial -- Male medusas and female heroes: fetishism and ambivalence in The silence of the lambs -- The Hollywood man date: split masculinity and the double-protagonist film -- Destroying something beautiful: narcissism, male violence, and the homosocial in Fight club -- "Am I blue?" Vin Diesel and multiracial male sexuality -- The devil wears abjection: The passion of the Christ -- Narcissus transfigured: Brokeback Mountain -- The reign of masochism.
This is a study of the struggle between narcissistic and masochistic modes of manhood that defined Hollywood masculinity from the late 1980s to the first decade of the 21st century.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Men in motion pictures.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures