Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, and film. Although white heterosexual masculinity continues to be the dominant model, it remains, paradoxically, largely invisible in gender terms. While the first three chapters thus offer introductory theoretical perspectives on the latest research on white masculinities, the following chapters concentrate on applying masculinity theory to the analysis of both social constructions and cultural (i.e. literary and film) representations of men’s emotions (with a special focus on new fatherhood models), friendships between men, as well as gender-based violence.
Josep M. Armengol is Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. His recent (co-)edited collections include Alternative Masculinities for a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Masculinities and Literary Studies: Intersections and New Directions (2017) and Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, and film. Although white heterosexual masculinity continues to be the dominant model, it remains, paradoxically, largely invisible in gender terms. While the first three chapters thus offer introductory theoretical perspectives on the latest research on white masculinities, the following chapters concentrate on applying masculinity theory to the analysis of both social constructions and cultural (i.e. literary and film) representations of men’s emotions (with a special focus on new fatherhood models), friendships between men, as well as gender-based violence.
Provides an introduction to the representation of masculinities in contemporary literature, culture and film Includes a wide range of literary texts and films Bridges the gap between humanities and social sciences research on masculinities
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Josep M. Armengol
Themen in »Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film«
Race and Ethnicity Masculinity studies Feminist literary theory Patriarchy Hegemonic white masculinity Contemporary masculinity Heterosexual men The male body
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“Rewriting white masculinities in contemporary fiction and film is a socially relevant contemporary study that highlights how the white masculinities are redefined and reshaped through literature and humanities. … His carefully reasoned, critically aware and theoretically sound re-reading of contemporary film and fiction successfully shows why studying white hegemonic masculinity doesn’t reinforce dominance, but exposes the inherent non-hegemonic, subversive possibilities and transforms it socially, politically, and culturally.” (Sandip Paul, Journal of Gender Studies, October 17, 2025)
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