Masculinity and Popular TelevisionEdinburgh University Press, 6 oct. 2008 - 192 pages This book is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key debates concerning the representation of masculinities in a wide range of popular television genres. The volume looks at the depiction of public masculinity in the soap opera, homosexuality in the situation comedy, the portrayal of fatherhood in prime-time animation, emerging manhood in the supernatural teen text, alternative gender roles in science fiction, male authority in the police series, masculine anxieties in the hospital drama, violence and aggression in sports coverage, ordinariness and emotional connectedness in the reality game show, and domesticity in lifestyle television. Masculinity and Popular Television examines the ways in which masculinities are being constructed, circulated and interrogated in contemporary British and American programming, and considers the ways in which such images can be understood in relation to the 'common sense' model of the hegemonic male that is said to dominate the cultural landscape. |
Table des matières
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homosexuality and male camaraderie | 20 |
masculinity in the nuclear family | 32 |
isolation alienation and emerging manhood | 45 |
challenging dominant gender roles | 56 |
reassurance anxiety and the doctorhero | 68 |
investigating male authority | 80 |
media events and masculine discourse | 94 |
ordinariness exhibitionism and emotional intelligence | 106 |
domestic labour and leisure activities | 124 |
social life social standing and sex | 138 |
the future of masculinity on television | 153 |
Bibliography | 157 |
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