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"They Don't Make'em Like They Used To": Cultural Hegemony and the Representation of White Masculinity in Recent U.S. Cinema

The purpose of this work is to illuminate how white male hegemony over women and minorities is inscribed through the process of film representation. A critical interrogation of six film texts produced over the last decade yields pertinent examples of how the process of hegemonic negotiation works to maintain power for the ever changing modes of postindustrial masculinity. Through the process of crisis and recuperation the central male characters in these films forge new, more acceptable attributes of masculinity that allow them to retain their centrality in the narrative.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4932
Date12 1900
CreatorsSchneider, Matthew
ContributorsBenshoff, Harry, Armintor, Deborah Needleman, Craig, Steve
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Schneider, Matthew, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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