Titlebook: Masculinity and Film Performance; Male Angst in Contem Donna Peberdy Book 2011 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limit

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From Wimps to Wild Men: Bipolar Masculinity and the Paradoxical Performances of Tom Cruisee words resting atop his slanting bushy eyebrows and piercing grey-blue eyes, Bridges became in a single image a figurehead for the men’s movement championed by Bly at the start of the decade.. In smaller font and pushed to the edge of the . cover, the Wimp was almost absent. Yet the presence of the

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Conclusion: Returns, Renewals, Departuresveals the constructedness of normative masculinity — itself an image consolidated and disseminated by the media. Overall, this book problematises notions of a quintessential ‘crisis of masculinity’ as epitomised by a select handful of actors or encapsulated by a specific film. Instead, the films and

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popular culture?in the 1990s and 2000s.?Peberdy?examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen.978-1-137-33772-6978-0-230-30870-1

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Aging Men: Viagra, Retiring Boomers and Jack Nicholsonle-aged man looked up in the air to see a flock of one-hundred dollar bills with wings fly off into the distance. ‘The Great Retirement Ripoff’, the headline proclaimed, ‘Millions of Americans who think they will retire with benefits are in for a NASTY SURPRISE.’

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Performance and Masculinityring distinct and discrete interpretations, differing approaches do share key themes that are more complementary than contradictory. This chapter explores some of the central tenets of performance across disciplinary boundaries and assesses their usefulness in analysing cinematic performances of masculinity.

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Performing Angst, considering the specific methods used, how such performances have been read in popular culture and how certain actors have been aligned with ‘male crisis’ as a result of their on-screen performances.

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230308701cinema; film; politics