This collection highlights the fluidity of masculinity in American popular culture at the turn of the new millennium and beyond by examining possibilities for male identity formation. Each chapter mines American popular culture--theatre, film, literature, music, advertising, internet content, television, photography, and current events--to pose questions about the process of gender creation and the contestation of masculinities as constantly changing political forms. The first section explores masculinities within late capitalism and includes studies of Seinfeld, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and reality television. The second section addresses identity when masculinity intersects with race, religion, disability, and sexuality, including chapters on Barack Obama, the O.J. trial, and popular movies.
- ISBN10 0253355737
- ISBN13 9780253355737
- Publish Date 21 April 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 22 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 252
- Language English