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Performing Masculinity
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Author : R. Emig
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-05-21
Performing Masculinity written by R. Emig and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-21 with Social Science categories.
This interdisciplinary study analyzes the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day.
Performing Masculinity
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Author : Geir Presterudstuen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-06-11
Performing Masculinity written by Geir Presterudstuen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Social Science categories.
Geir Henning Presterudstuen provides an ethnographic account of howmen in the multicultural urban centres of Fiji perceive, construct andperform masculinities in the context of rapid social change. Theoreticallyinformed by critical feminist theories, postcolonialism, R.W. Connell’s workon masculinities and a Bourdieuan conceptualization of the body, thisbook explores how notions of masculinity, manhood and the male bodyare shaped by the conflicting social forces of Fijian tradition, modernity,commercialization and urbanization.The book provides a timely intervention, from the grassroots level in theglobal south, into an ongoing discourse about men and masculinities thathas long been dominated by voices from Europe and the US. Combiningclassic ethnography with innovative social analysis, Presterudstuen’sbook is suitable for students and academics with an interest in genderand social change, and for scholars across a variety of disciplinesincluding anthropology, gender studies, sociology, pacific studies andinternational development.
Tom Cruise
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Author : Ruth O'Donnell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-06-30
Tom Cruise written by Ruth O'Donnell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates how his characters exemplify entrepreneurialism, charisma, technological gadgetry and verbal acuity to redefine male success. His newly emotive type - 'help me help you' - also successfully overcomes interpersonal conflicts with patriarchal authority and senior women in the workplace, and navigates race relations. The first scholarly study of Tom Cruise's celebrity, this book surveys his entire career and builds on Richard Dyer's 'star theory.' It develops the core dynamic of his star persona, a mix of projected character traits and 'real life' trivia or gossip, and establishes that his box office success reflects his persona's ability to work through the psychodynamic preoccupations of his films. This exceptional appeal evolved, at times characterised by complicity with 1980s materialistic hedonism (Taps, 1981), male spectacle (Magnolia, 1999), or his use of martial technology (War of the Worlds, 2005), and their attendant psychic meanings. Recent shifts in American culture, however, in tandem with Tom Cruise's growing evangelism for the Church of Scientology, may be threatening his appeal. Ultimately, this book offers a picture of how stars reflect the values and crises of their societies, and fills a substantial gap in scholarship on celebrity studies, critical cultural analysis, masculinity studies, and film theory.
Performing Masculinity
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Author : Geir Henning Presterudstuen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Performing Masculinity written by Geir Henning Presterudstuen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Body image in men categories.
Modernities, masculinities and the Fijian body: connections and conceptualizations -- Performing masculinity through Christian devotion: methodism and manhood -- Living in hell: performing Indo-Fijian masculinities -- Making a living: land, labour, trade and tradition for modern Fijian men -- Drinking, hyper-masculinity and insolence -- Betting-men and bad money : modern masculinities and consumption -- Sex, sexualities and the modern body.
Staging Masculinity
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Author : Erik Gunderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2000-11-08
Staging Masculinity written by Erik Gunderson and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-08 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man"
Male Impersonators
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Author : Mark Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1994
Male Impersonators written by Mark Simpson and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Social Science categories.
Examines some issues surrounding masculinity in gay culture. The book - intended to be both entertaining and challenging - examines, for instance, whether male body-builders are covert transexuals, and how gay men play with manliness as a kind of drag.
Performing American Masculinities
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Author : Elwood Watson
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-21
Performing American Masculinities written by Elwood Watson and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Elwood Watson is Professor of History, African Studies, and Gender Studies at East Tennessee State University. --
Performing Masculinity In English University Drama 1598 1636
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Author : Christopher Marlow
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Performing Masculinity In English University Drama 1598 1636 written by Christopher Marlow and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Referencing early modern English play texts alongside contemporary records, accounts and statutes, this study offers an overdue assessment of the relationship between the dramatic efforts of the universities and early modern male identity. Taking into account the near single-sex constitution of early modern universities, the book argues that performances of university plays, and student responses to them, were key ways of exploring and shaping early modern masculinity. Christopher Marlow shows how the plays dealt with their academic and social contexts, and analyses their responses to competing versions of masculinity. He also considers the implications of university authority and royal patronage for scholarly performances of masculinity; the effect of the literary traditions of classical friendship and platonic love on academic representations of male behaviour; and the relationship between university drama and masculine initiation rituals. Including discussion of the Parnassus trilogy, Club Law and works by Thomas Randolph, William Cartwright, John Milton and others, this study shines new light on long neglected aspects of the golden age of English drama.
Male Impersonators
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Author : Mark Simpson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Male Impersonators written by Mark Simpson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Psychology categories.
In Male Impersonators, Mark Simpson explores the range of male life and masculinity, posing witty and important questions about bodybuilding, tattoos, pornography, cruising, advertising, and team sports. Simpson looks at how gay men appropriate the skinhead phenomenon and why; how Marky Mark exploits the hustler mystique and what it says to gay and straight men; how the Men's movement is being sought out by men--straight or gay--who feel alienated from a macho culture, and compares the participation and reactions of men to various "manly pursuits." Throughout, Male Impersonators examines the roles of homoeroticism and narcissism in the male world, and the performativity of masculinity itself.
Tom Cruise
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Author : Ruth O'Donnell (Film historian)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Tom Cruise written by Ruth O'Donnell (Film historian) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Electronic books categories.
"Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates how his characters exemplify entrepreneurialism, charisma, technological gadgetry and verbal acuity to redefine male success. His newly emotive type - 'help me help you' - also successfully overcomes interpersonal conflicts with patriarchal authority and senior women in the workplace, and navigates race relations. The first scholarly study of Tom Cruise's celebrity, this book surveys his entire career and builds on Richard Dyer's 'star theory.' It develops the core dynamic of his star persona, a mix of projected character traits and 'real life' trivia or gossip, and establishes that his box office success reflects his persona's ability to work through the psychodynamic preoccupations of his films. This exceptional appeal evolved, at times characterised by complicity with 1980s materialistic hedonism (Taps, 1981), male spectacle (Magnolia, 1999), or his use of martial technology (War of the Worlds, 2005), and their attendant psychic meanings. Recent shifts in American culture, however, in tandem with Tom Cruise's growing evangelism for the Church of Scientology, may be threatening his appeal. Ultimately, this book offers a picture of how stars reflect the values and crises of their societies, and fills a substantial gap in scholarship on celebrity studies, critical cultural analysis, masculinity studies, and film theory."--