American Masculinity under Clinton: Popular Media and the Nineties «Crisis of Masculinity» (Popular Culture and Everyday Life) - Softcover

Malin, Brent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820468061 ISBN 13: 9780820468068

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

Whereas many of the men of Reagan’s ’80s seemed stereotypically hypermasculine, a host of ’90s images suggest a new phase of more sensitive manhood. In the Clinton era, both academic and popular writers suggested that a «crisis of masculinity» had taken root – one that had men questioning traditional male ideas and seeking new identities. This book explores the conflicted ways in which this seemingly new climate of masculinity was negotiated. From Bill Clinton to The Promise Keepers and Titanic to Friends, a host of ’90s heroes put this rhetoric of crisis to work to win elections, audience members, and ratings.

About this title

About the Author:

The Author: Brenton J. Malin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. He received his Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0820468061
• ISBN 13: 9780820468068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208