In virtually every aspect of culture-health, marriage, family,
morals, politics, sex, race, economics-American men of the past two
decades have faced changing social conditions and confronted
radical questions about themselves. In Millennial Masculinity: Men
in Contemporary American Cinema, editor Timothy Shary collects
fourteen contributions that consider male representation in films
made at the turn of the century to explore precisely how those
questions have been dealt with in cinema. Contributors move beyond
the recent wave of "masculinity in crisis" arguments to provide
sophisticated and often surprising insight into accessible films.
Chapters are arranged in four sections: "Performing Masculinity"
includes a discussion of Adam Sandler and movies such as Milk;
"Patriarchal Problems" looks at issues of fathers from directors
such as Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and David Fincher;
"Exceptional Sexualities" examines male love and sex through movies
like Brokeback Mountain and Wedding Crashers; and "Facing Race"
explores masculinity through race in film. Sean Penn, Jackie Chan,
Brad Pitt, Will Smith, and Philip Seymour Hoffman are some of the
actors included in these analyses, while themes considered include
police thrillers, psychotic killers, gay tensions, fashion sense,
and the burgeoning "bromance" genre. Taken together, the essays in
Millennial Masculinity shed light on the high stakes of masculine
roles in contemporary American cinema. Film and television scholars
as well as readers interested in gender and sexuality in film will
appreciate this timely collection. Contributors: Caetlin
Benson-Allott, Mike Chopra-Gant, Melvin Donalson, Mark Gallagher,
David Greven, Claire Sisco King, Neal King, Gina Marchetti, R.
Barton Palmer, Donna Peberdy, Chris Robe, Maria San Filippo,
Christopher Sharrett, Timothy Shary, Aaron Taylor
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