Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture

Horrocks, R.

This book studies some important myths of masculinity in various popular genres, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The author argues that popular culture gives us highly complex and ambivalent images of men. The hero turns into the anti-hero; feminine and homoerotic material leak in; the male is often shown as the victim. Attention is also paid to important theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, such as identification and the relation between subject and text.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1995-09-25

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780312126230

DOI: 10.1057/9780230389397

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 203