Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

By Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle, Brenda M. Boyle, et al.

Book Overview

In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137360801
• ISBN13: 9781137360809
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"