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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David GrevenPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292725645ISBN 10: 0292725647 Pages: 309 Publication Date: 01 December 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: When Hollywood Masculinity Became Self-Aware Chapter One: Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush Chapter Two: An Ill-Fated Bacchanal: Casualties of War and the Horror of the Homosocial Chapter Three: Male Medusas and Female Heroes: Fetishism and Ambivalence in The Silence of the Lambs Chapter Four: The Hollywood Man Date: Split Masculinity and the Double-Protagonist Film Chapter Five: Destroying Something Beautiful: Narcissism, Male Violence, and the Homosocial in Fight Club Chapter Six: Am I Blue? Vin Diesel and Multiracial Male Sexuality Chapter Seven: The Devil Wears Abjection: The Passion of the Christ Chapter Eight: Narcissus Transfigured: Brokeback Mountain Epilogue: The Reign of Masochism Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThe principal contribution of this book is the close readings of presentations of manhood in the films Casualties of War, The Silence of the Lambs, Fight Club, The Passion of the Christ, and Brokeback Mountain. * Men and Masculinities * When he explores the movies themselves, analyzing text and subtext, directorial choices and scores, lighting and framing, symbolism and defamiliarization, David Greven's postulations are fascinating and often revelatory.... it's a gift to read his insights and interpretations and then revisit these films after reading such a well-considered exploration of them. * Sacramento Book Review * Greven has put a very useful perspective on the notion of queer sexualities with this study. Moreover his work provides an excellent rebuttal of the position of several prominent film critiques who deny the usefulness of theory in analyzing cinem...a. Greven vigorously discards the injunction to reject a psychoanalytic basis for examining spectator's identification with screen images. The readings here are nuanced and powerful and they are admirably supported by psychoanalytic theory. * College Literature * Subtly radical...Greven takes to task the perverse academic gymnastics of theorists who valorize self-destructive and often self-hating displays of masculinity--and especially queerness--as somehow empowering, and offers as a corrective a sensible and cogent critique of the masochistic portrayals of the male body in Hollywood films of the last two decades. * Cineaste * A challenging book...that turns a great deal of theory on masochism and masculinity on its head. In a complex yet intriguing manner, Greven manages to weave together classical mythology, psychoanalytic theory, Mulveyan gaze theory, and textual analysis of several key films of the era...The author delivers thought-provoking readings of these films. * Choice * David Greven has produced a stimulating and wide-ranging study which focuses on a range of films which span the Bush-to-Bush era...One of the strengths of Greven's book is its close focus on aesthetic aspects of film which are effectively linked to psychoanalytical concepts and wider debates concerning the representation of masculinity in the Bush-to-Bush era...Greven's study succeeds in providing a thought-provoking analysis which should be very helpful to scholars of queer theory and Hollywood film. * Journal of American Studies * The principal contribution of this book is the close readings of presentations of manhood in the films Casualties of War, The Silence of the Lambs, Fight Club, The Passion of the Christ, and Brokeback Mountain.--Neal King Men and Masculinities (07/13/2013) David Greven has produced a stimulating and wide-ranging study which focuses on a range of films which span the Bush-to-Bush era...One of the strengths of Greven's book is its close focus on aesthetic aspects of film which are effectively linked to psychoanalytical concepts and wider debates concerning the representation of masculinity in the Bush-to-Bush era...Greven's study succeeds in providing a thought-provoking analysis which should be very helpful to scholars of queer theory and Hollywood film.--Helen Oakley, The Open University Journal of American Studies (08/15/2012) Author InformationDavid Greven is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. His previous books include Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema and Men Beyond Desire. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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