White Guys
Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference
Published on 5. May 2020
296 pages
978-1-78960-715-4 (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.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78960-715-4 (9781789607154)
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Book
06/1995
Verso Books
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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
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One: From Pillar to Postmodern: Race, Class, and Gender in the Male Rampage Film
- Chapter Two: The Year of Living Sensitively
- Chapter Three: Rock Incorporated: Plugging in to Axl and Bruce
- Chapter Four: Soft-Boiled Dicks
- Chapter Five: Guerrillas in the Mist: Wild Guys and New Age Tribes
- Conclusion: Chips off the Old Block
- Notes
- Index
