This book studies some important myths of masculinity in various popular genres, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The author argues that popular culture gives us highly complex and ambivalent images of men. The hero turns into the anti-hero; feminine and homoerotic material leak in; the male is often shown as the victim. Attention is also paid to important theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, such as identification and the relation between subject and text.

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ROGER HORROCKS

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Book Title: Male Myths and Icons
Book Subtitle: Masculinity in Popular Culture
Authors: Roger Horrocks
Editors: Jo Campling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389397
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-12623-0Published: 25 September 1995
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-38939-7Published: 25 September 1995
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 203
Topics: Gender Studies, Politics of the Welfare State, Cultural Studies

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