Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in the Hollywood Cinema

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on contributors......Page 10
INTRODUCTION Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark......Page 12
PROLOGUE: MASCULINITY AS SPECTACLE Reflections on men and mainstream cinema Steve Neale......Page 20
VALENTINO, \'OPTIC INTOXICATION,\' AND DANCE MADNESS Gaylyn Studlar......Page 34
\'FEMINIZING\' THE SONG-AND-DANCE MAN Fred Astaire and the spectacle of masculinity in the Hollywood musical Steven Cohan......Page 57
MAMA\'S BOY Filial hysteria in White Heat Lucy Fischer......Page 81
THE DIALECTIC OF FEMALE POWER AND MALE HYSTERIA IN PLAY MISTY FOR ME Adam Knee......Page 98
\'DON\'T BLAME THIS ON A GIRL\' Female rape-revenge films Peter Lehman......Page 114
DARK DESIRES Male masochism in the horror film Barbara Creed......Page 129
\'MORE HUMAN THAN I AM ALONE\' Womb envy in David Cronenberg\'s The Fly and Dead Ringers Helen W.Robbins......Page 145
ANIMALS OR ROMANS Looking at masculinity in Spartacus Ina Rae Hark......Page 162
FEMINISM, \'THE BOYZ,\' AND OTHER MATTERS REGARDING THE MALE Robyn Wiegman......Page 184
THE BUDDY POLITIC Cynthia J.Fuchs......Page 205
MASCULINITY AS MULTIPLE MASQUERADE The \'mature\' Stallone and the Stallone clone Chris Holmlund......Page 224
DUMB MOVIES FOR DUMB PEOPLE Masculinity, the body, and the voice in contemporary action cinema Yvonne Tasker......Page 241
CAN MASCULINITY BE TERMINATED? Susan Jeffords......Page 256
Index of films......Page 274
General index......Page 278