- 254 pages
- English
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Performing Masculinity
About this book
This interdisciplinary study analyzes the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Touching Byron: Masculinity and the Celebrity Body in the Romantic Period
- 2 Turning into Subjects: The Male Dancer in Romantic Ballet
- 3 Industrial Heroes: Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte BrontĂ«âs Constructions of the Masculine
- 4 Low on Assurance: The Troubled Masculinity of Victorian Comedy
- 5 Performing Imperial Masculinities: The Discourse and Practice of Cricket
- 6 âA Stoat Came to Teaâ: Camp Poetics and Masculinity
- 7 Lethal Enclosure: Masculinity under Fire in James Jonesâs The Thin Red Line
- 8 In their Fathersâ Footsteps: Performing Masculinity and Fatherhood in the Work of Les Murray and Michael Ondaatje
- 9 Seeding Asian Masculinities in the US Landscape: Representations of Menâs Lives in Asian American Literature
- 10 From Glam Rock to Cock Rock: Revis(it)ing Rock Masculinities in Recent Feature Films
- 11 Histories of Violence â Fairytales of Identity and Masculinity in Martin McDonaghâs The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Pillowman
- 12 âGhosts of Spartaâ: Performing the God of Warâs Virtual Masculinity
- Index
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