| Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Horrocks, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312126239 ISBN-13: 9780312126230 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 Annotation: This book studies some of the important myths of masculinity in popular culture, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The book begins with an assessment of some of the key theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, including identification between subject and text, and the debate over the male subject position and the female object position in patriarchal culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.32 |
| LCCN: 95-7737 |
| Series: Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.38" W x 8.43" (0.62 lbs) 203 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book studies some important myths of masculinity in various popular genres, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The author argues that popular culture gives us highly complex and ambivalent images of men. The hero turns into the anti-hero; feminine and homoerotic material leak in; the male is often shown as the victim. Attention is also paid to important theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, such as identification and the relation between subject and text. |