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Crisis and Masculinity on Contemporary Cable Television

Both the “crisis of masculinity” and “quality TV” have been popular discourses in academia in recent years. Many of these contemporary quality TV series feature male anti-heroes at the center of their narratives. This dissertation argues that the constructions of masculinity in series such as "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead" are informed by the Western hero.

Furthermore, the dissertation links this recourse to an arguably outmoded model of masculinity to recent crisis tendencies in the USA, most notably the recent economic downturn and the aftermath of September 11 2001. Moreover, the return of the Western hero can be understood as a process of remasculinization in light of the crisis of masculinity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-176166
Date20 August 2015
CreatorsSchmiedl, Dominic
ContributorsTechnische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Georgi-Findlay, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Georgi-Findlay, Prof. Dr. Katja Kanzler, Prof. Dr. Evelyne Keitel
PublisherSaechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:doctoralThesis
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