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Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Kirk Combe
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  2. Brenda Boyle
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Part of the book series: Global Masculinities (GLMAS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Of Masculine, Monstrous, and Me

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 1-26

  3. Tossing Blondes in Peter Jackson’s King Kong

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 27-72

  4. Hooah! We … Are … Sparta!

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 73-120

  5. Love and Violence in V for Vendetta

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 121-163

  6. Going “Full Retard” in Tropic Thunder

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 165-193

  7. The New Millennium Manliness

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 195-222

  8. Coda: The Monster’s Suit

    • Kirk Combe, Brenda Boyle
    Pages 223-238

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 239-267
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In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.

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Author Kirk Combe: Kirk Combe is Professor of English at Denison University, USA. Author Brenda Boyle: Brenda Boyle is Associate Professor of English at Denison University, USA.

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