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Cover image for book Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

By:K. Combe; B. Boyle
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137360809
eText ISBN:9781137359827
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.