Tough Gynes: Violent Women in Film as Honorary Men

By Stan Goff

Book Overview

In Borderline, Stan Goff unpacked the association of masculinity with war. In Tough Gynes, using an incisive and often darkly humorous study of nine films featuring violent female leads, he untangles the confusion about "masculinity constructed as violence" when our popular stories feature women as violent protagonists. Whether read individually or with a group, Tough Gynes raises compelling questions about gender and violence, with a few provisional answers. Plus, you get to watch movies as you read it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532644094
• ISBN13: 9781532644092
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"