White Guys
Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference
Published on 17. June 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-85984-032-0 (ISBN)
Description
What do men-white straight men in particular-want? In a series of witty and provocative investigations of American popular culture, Fred Pfeil exposes the contradictions in the construction of white heterosexual masculinity over the last fifteen years. White Guys probes such topics as the rock'n'roll bodies of Bruce Springsteen, Axl Rose, and the late Kurt Cobain; the "male rampage" films Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and the films of "sensitive transformation" that followed in their wake; and the curious yet symptomatic activities of the men's movement whose "rituals" Pfeil has investigated firsthand.
Reviews / Votes
Something rare-cultural studies you can actually use. * Spin * Pfeil's wit and originality make his media exploration of men a pleasure to read. * The Women's Review of Books * Pfeil is a superb writer ... His readings of the bodily iconography of the male rock star, especially Bruce Springsteen and Axl Rose, are brilliant. -- Michael Kimmel Among current anatomists of American pop culture, Fred Pfeil is the zestiest, the most relentless and radically intelligent. White Guys is his best-and scariest-vivisection to date. -- Thomas DischMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-032-0 (9781859840320)
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Person
Fred Pfeil teaches in the English Department and the American Studies Program at Trinity College in Connecticut. His reviews, stories, and articles have appeared in The Nation, The Village Voice, and a variety of literary magazines. He received the Editors' Book Award for his recently published collection of stories, What They Tell You to Forget