1st Edition

Communicating Marginalized Masculinities Identity Politics in TV, Film, and New Media

Edited By Ronald L. Jackson II, Jamie E. Moshin Copyright 2013
264 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

For years, research concerning masculinities has explored the way that men have dominated, exploited, and dismantled societies, asking how we might make sense of marginalized masculinities in the context of male privilege. This volume asks not only how terms such as men and masculinity are socially defined and culturally instantiated, but also how the media has constructed notions of masculinity... Read more

Preface: Communicating Marginalized Masculinities Ronald L. Jackson II and Jamie Moshin 1. Kairos, Kanye, and Katrina: Online Meditations on Race and Masculinity André Brock  2. "Is that a PC in Your Pocket, or is it Something More?" The Newton PDA and White-Collar Masculinity Michelle Rodino-Colocino  3. Competing South Asian Mas(k)ulinities: Bollywood Icons versus "Tech-N-Talk" Murali Balaji  4. Color and Movement: The Male Dancer, Masculinity and Race in Film David Buchbinder  5. A Gendered Shell Game: Masculinity and Race in District 9 Claire Sisco King  6. The Evolution of an Identity: G.I. Joe and Black Masculinity Carlos Morrison  7. A "Vocabulary of Feeling": Japanese American Masculinity in Conscience and the Constitution Kent Ono  8. Fat, Sass, and Laughs: Black Masculinity in Drag Stephane Dunn  9. Narrating the Presidential "Race": Barack Obama and the American Dream Leroy Dorsey  10. The Man in the Box: Masculinity and Race in Popular Television Erica Scharrer  11. White Masculinity and the TV Sitcom Dad: Tracing the "Progression" of Portrayals of Fatherhood Cerise Glenn  12. From Album Novel to Cowboy Soap Opera: Melancholia, Race and Carnival in the Multi-Media Works of Mario Prata George Carlsen  13. Smooth and Latin: Reflections on Mario Lopez, Ballroom Dancing, and Latino Masculinity Fernando Delgado  14. "State Property" and Friends: Black men’s performances of masculinity and race in prison Eleanor Novek

Biography

Ronald L. Jackson II is Professor and Head of African American Studies and Professor of Media & Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Jamie Moshin is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Marietta College, USA.