The Media and the Models of Masculinity

The Media and the Models of Masculinity
Author: Mark Moss
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0739166263

Download The Media and the Models of Masculinity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Mark Moss's The Media and the Models of Masculinity details the impact that the mass media has upon men's sense of identity, style, and deportment. From advertising to television shows, mass consumer culture defines and identifies how men select and sort what is fashionable and acceptable. Utilizing a large mine of mediated imagery, men and boys construct and define how to dress, act, and comport themselves. By engaging critical discussions on everything from fashion, to domestic space, to sports and beyond, readers are privy to a modern and fascinating account of the diverse and dominant perceptions of and on Western masculine culture. Historical tropes and models are especially important in this construction and influence and impact contemporary variations.

Men, Masculinity and the Media

Men, Masculinity and the Media
Author: Steve Craig
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 285
Release: 1992-02-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0803941633

Download Men, Masculinity and the Media Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Although studies of men and masculinity have gained momentum, little has been published that focuses on the media and their relationship to men as men. Men, Masculinity and the Media addresses this shortcoming. Scholars from across the social sciences investigate past media research on men and masculinity. They also examine how the media serve to construct masculinities, how men and their relationships have been depicted and how men respond to media images. From comic books and rock music to film and television, this groundbreaking volume scrutinizes the interrelationship among men, the media and masculinity.

Subverting Masculinity

Subverting Masculinity
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004456635

Download Subverting Masculinity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Contemporary Western societies are currently witness to a “crisis of masculinity” but also to an intriguing diversification of images of masculinity. Once relatively stable regimes of masculine gender representation appear to have been replaced by a wider spectrum of varieties of masculine “lifestyles” taken up by the media and the market, to produce new and immensely flexible forms consumerised gender hegemony. The essays in Subverting Masculinity concentrate on contemporary film, literature and diverse forms of popular culture. The essays show that the subversion of traditional images of masculinity is both a source of gender contestation, but may equally be susceptible to assimilation by new hegemonic configurations of masculinity. Subverting Masculinity maps out the ongoing relevance of gender politics in contemporary culture, but also raises the question of increasingly unclear distinctions between hegemonic and subversive versions of masculinity in contemporary cultural production. Subverting Masculinity will be of interest to students and teachers of gender, cultural, film and literary studies.

Encyclopedia of Gender in Media

Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
Author: Mary Kosut
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2012-05-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1412990793

Download Encyclopedia of Gender in Media Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Encyclopedia of Gender in Media critically examines the role of the media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of gender in our society.

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture
Author: Thomas Keith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2017-01-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317595351

Download Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.

Communicating Marginalized Masculinities

Communicating Marginalized Masculinities
Author: Ronald L. Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0415623073

Download Communicating Marginalized Masculinities Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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 that have kept minority masculinities on the margins. Essays explore marginalized masculinities as communicated through film, television, and new media, visiting representations and marginalized identity politics while also discussing the dangers and pitfalls of a media pedagogy that has taught audiences to ignore, sidestep, and stereotype marginalized group realities. While dominant portrayals of masculine versus feminine characters pervade numerous television and film examples, this collection examines heterosexual and queer, military and civilian, as well as Black, Japanese, Indian, White, and Latino masculinities, offering a variance in masculinities and confronting male privilege as represented on screen, appealing to a range of disciplines and a wide scope of readers.

Media and Male Identity

Media and Male Identity
Author: J. Macnamara
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006-08-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230625673

Download Media and Male Identity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book presents a landmark in-depth study of how mass media contributes to the making and remaking of male identity. It concludes that, unless addressed, the effects of negative discourse on the self-identity and self-esteem of men, are potentially devastating and that the longer-term and wider social implications will also be costly.

Constructing Masculinity

Constructing Masculinity
Author: Maurice Berger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135222681

Download Constructing Masculinity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This anthology takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and prescriptions.

American Masculinity Under Clinton

American Masculinity Under Clinton
Author: Brenton J. Malin
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780820468068

Download American Masculinity Under Clinton Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Whereas many of the men of Reagan's '80s seemed stereotypically hypermasculine, a host of '90s images suggest a new phase of more sensitive manhood. In the Clinton era, both academic and popular writers suggested that a «crisis of masculinity» had taken root - one that had men questioning traditional male ideas and seeking new identities. This book explores the conflicted ways in which this seemingly new climate of masculinity was negotiated. From Bill Clinton to The Promise Keepers and Titanic to Friends, a host of '90s heroes put this rhetoric of crisis to work to win elections, audience members, and ratings.

Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media

Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media
Author: Anastasia Salter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-11-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3319660772

Download Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book examines changing representations of masculinity in geek media, during a time of transition in which “geek” has not only gone mainstream but also become a more contested space than ever, with continual clashes such as Gamergate, the Rabid and Sad Puppies’ attacks on the Hugo Awards, and battles at conventions over “fake geek girls.” Anastasia Salter and Bridget Blodgett critique both gendered depictions of geeks, including shows like Chuck and The Big Bang Theory, and aspirational geek heroes, ranging from the Winchester brothers of Supernatural to BBC’s Sherlock and the varied superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Through this analysis, the authors argue that toxic masculinity is deeply embedded in geek culture, and that the identity of geek as victimized other must be redefined before geek culture and media can ever become an inclusive space.