商品簡介
With essays ranging in topic from the films of Neil LaBute to the sexual politics of Major League Baseball, this diverse collection of essays examines the multi-faceted media images of contemporary masculinity from a variety of perspectives and academic disciplines. The books first half focuses on the issue of racialized masculinity and its various manifestations, with essays covering, among other topics, the re-imagining of Asian American masculinity in Justin Lins Better Luck Tomorrow and the ever-present image of black male buffoonery in the neo-minstrel performances of VH1s Flavor of Love. The books second half explores the issue of contemporary mediated performance and the cultural politics of masculinity, with essays focusing on popular media representations of men in a variety of gendered roles, from homemakers and househusbands to valorous war heroes and athletic demigods.
作者簡介
Elwood Watson is a professor of history and African American studies at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.