1st Edition
What a Man's Gotta Do The Masculine Myth in Popular Culture
By Anthony Easthope
Copyright 1990
192 Pages
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Routledge
180 Pages
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Routledge
194 Pages
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Routledge
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What is masculinity? Drawing on psychoanalysis and an understanding of ideology, Easthope shows how the masculine myth forces men to try to be masculine and only masculine, denying their feminine side. In an original contribution to the understanding of gender, he analyzes masculinity as it is represented in a wide range of mass media --films, television, newspapers, pop music, and pop novels. Why... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 Basic Masculinity; Chapter 1 The Mysterious Phallus; Chapter 2 Fathers and Sons; Chapter 3 Boys Will Be Boys; Part 2 The Masculine Ego; Chapter 4 The Castle of the Self; Chapter 5 Man and Nature; Chapter 6 The Male Body; Chapter 7 Man and Nation; Part 3 Masculinity in Action; Chapter 8 Men at War; Chapter 9 Play the Game; Chapter 10 The Magic Keg of Beer; Chapter 11 Masculine Style (1): Clarity; Chapter 12 Masculine Style (2): Banter; Chapter 13 Masculine Style (3): Obscenity; Part 4 The Same Sex; Chapter 14 Masculine or Homosexual; Part 5 Masculine/Feminine; Chapter 15 Exchanging Women (1): Marriage; Chapter 16 Exchanging Women (2): Jokes; Chapter 17 The Madonna and the Whore; Chapter 18 The Idea of the Woman; Chapter 19 Being in Love; Chapter 20 Fame, Wealth, and the Love of Women; Chapter 21 Jealousy; Chapter 22 Good Object/Bad Object; Chapter 23 The Masculine Myth;
Biography
Authored by Easthope, Anthony
