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Running Scared Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body - Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television - Contemporary Approaches to Film and ... Approaches to Film and Television Series
Author: Peter Lehman

This new edition of Running Scared has a new Preface, a new last chapter, and has been revised throughout. The text responds to the absence of critical attention to male sexuality in film by bringing representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight. In his analysis of films, novels, paintings, photographs, popular music, jokes, and vide...  more »os, Peter Lehman investigates the patriarchal culture that keeps the male body and especially male genitals out of sight. Lehman documents the pervasive anxiety underlying images of the male body, arguing that attempts to keep male sexuality hidden in the pursuit of good taste and an avoidance of perversion maintains the male mystique and preserves the power of the phallus.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780814333396
ISBN-10: 0814333397
Publication Date: 9/9/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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