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      Masculinities in Contemporary Culture

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      Masculinities in Contemporary Culture
      Edited ByPaul Smith
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1996
      eBook Published 27 September 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429039072
      Pages 336
      eBook ISBN 9780429039072
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Smith, P. (Ed.). (1996). Boys: Masculinities in Contemporary Culture (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429039072

      ABSTRACT

      Analyzing the meanings of masculinity in contemporary culture, this book examines specific cultural male icons like Muhammad Ali, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Newt Gingrich and explores the male stereotypes such as the cowboy, the father, the homosexual, and the Black terror.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|7 pages

      Introduction

      ByPaul Smith

      chapter 2|14 pages

      A Buffalo, New York Story

      ByFred Pfeil

      chapter 3|15 pages

      Father Figure

      ByDanae Clark

      chapter 4|10 pages

      Dinge

      ByRobert Reid-Pharr

      chapter 5|31 pages

      Homo Academicus

      ByJohn Champagne

      chapter 6|15 pages

      Male Horror: On David Cronenberg

      ByChristine Ramsay

      chapter 7|16 pages

      Telling Differences: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in The Crying Game

      BySharon Willis

      chapter 8|17 pages

      Scattered Speculations on the Value of Harvey Keitel

      ByClint Burnham

      chapter 9|19 pages

      Hot Damme! Reflections on Gay Publicity

      ByEric Clarke, Mathew Henson

      chapter 10|20 pages

      The Prettiest Postcolonial: Muhammad Ali

      ByGrant Farred

      chapter 11|27 pages

      “Beat me outta me”: Alternative Masculinities

      ByCynthia Fuchs

      chapter 12|20 pages

      Prosthetic Gender and Universal Intellect: Stephen Hawking's Law

      ByJohn Michael

      chapter 13|36 pages

      Conservative Cowboy Stories: Adventures of the Chosen Sons

      ByLinda Kintz

      chapter 14|37 pages

      Of Newts and Quayles: National-Political Masculinity in the Current Conjuncture

      ByMatthew Ruben

      chapter 15|16 pages

      A White Boy Is Being Beaten

      ByLisa Frank
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