Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film

Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film
by: Josep M. Armengol (Author)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 26 Mar. 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 189 pages
ISBN-10: 3031533488
ISBN-13: 9783031533488
Book Description
This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, and film. Although white heterosexual masculinity continues to be the dominant model, it remains, paradoxically, largely invisible in gender terms. While the first three chapters thus offer introductory theoretical perspectives on the latest research on white masculinities, the following chapters concentrate on applying masculinity theory to the analysis of both social constructions and cultural (i.e. literary and film) representations of men’s emotions (with a special focus on new fatherhood models), friendships between men, as well as gender-based violence.