"He's all man" : learning masculinity, gayness, and love from American movies /
"He's All Man" is an insightful, biting, and hilarious look at the central myths of American manhood propagated by Hollywood. Clum examines the ways in which homoeroticism has been part of the myth of American manhood, wrapping itself around cowboy, soldier, and gangster legends as th...
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New York :
Palgrave,
2002
New York : 2002 |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Ronald Reagan, Audie Murphy, and I: A Saturday Matinee Education into Manhood
- I Learning Masculinity
- 1. Dicks and Testosterone: What Little Boys Are Made Of
- 2. Father Knows Best: Picturing the Gender Order
- 3. Fathers and Cowboys: Teaching Manhood
- 4. Manhood Unraveling: Homosexual Panic and Martyrdom
- II. Learning Gayness
- 5. Gay Killers
- 6. Sex and the City: Nuts, Sluts, and Deadly Queers
- III. Learning Love
- 7. In the Shadow of Cary Grant: Gay Romance
- 8. Black and White: "Ennobling Love" Coda: Assimilation.
- Foreword: Ronald Reagan, Audie Murphy, and I: A Saturday Matinee Education into Manhood
- Learning Masculinity
- Dicks and Testosterone: What Little Boys Are Made Of
- Father Knows Best: Picturing the Gender Order
- Fathers and Cowboys: Teaching Manhood
- Manhood Unraveling: Homosexual Panic and Martyrdom
- Learning Gayness?
- Gay Killers
- Sex and the City: Nuts, Sluts, and Deadly Queers
- Learning Love
- In the Shadow of Cary Grant: Gay Romance
- Black and White: "Ennobling Love"
- Coda: Assimilation
- Foreword: Ronald Reagan, Audie Murphy, and I: A Saturday Matinee Education into Manhood xi
- I Learning Masculinity
- 1. Dicks and Testosterone: What Little Boys Are Made Of 3
- 2. Father Knows Best: Picturing the Gender Order 23
- 3. Fathers and Cowboys: Teaching Manhood 49
- 4. Manhood Unraveling: Homosexual Panic and Martyrdom 79
- II. Learning Gayness?
- 5. Gay Killers 99
- 6. Sex and the City: Nuts, Sluts, and Deadly Queers 133
- III. Learning Love
- 7. In the Shadow of Cary Grant: Gay Romance 161
- 8. Black and White: "Ennobling Love" 189
- Coda: Assimilation 199.