Wounded Masculinity and the Search for (Father) Self in American Film

by Brian Johnston and Susan Mackey-Kallis Villanova University

This book analyzes popular American films that point to the need for father atonement, ego-decentering, and the resurrection of the lost feminine to heal gendered cultural wounds, while affirming the role of meaningful suffering, compassion, self-sacrifice and transcendence as an antidote to the inevitable woundedness of the human condition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793626073
• ISBN13: 9781793626073
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"