James Fenimore Cooper wrote The Last of the Mohicans when American masculinity was drastically changing in the wake of the 19th century. Cooper manages to cross all cultural and national boundaries of masculinity through the character of Hawk-eye, who becomes the body onto which he ascribes the ...
This is hardly a new topic. I recall historians in the late 1960s declaring a “crisis of masculinity” to describe the anxieties of middle-class men in the Vietnam War era and the resurgence of the largest women’s liberation movement since American women won the vote. Now I hear similar...
The crisis of masculinity was portrayed as particularly sever within African American communities. 男子气概危机被认为在美籍非裔团体中尤其严重。 bbs.translators.com.cn 2. This trend alone is enough for some to claim that a "crisis of masculinity" is on the horizon. 仅此一个趋势就足以让某些人宣...
aThis is not the first recession that has triggered a crisis of masculinity in America. After the recession in the early 1990s, Susan Faludi wrote “Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man”, which lamented that men were underworked, underachieving and undersupported. This time the story ...
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of male uncertainty and masculinity crisis.The Captain's derision,distortion and degradation of women only let off his self-repression and self-denial.In the face of a stronger female antagonist,his opposition and struggle prove to be futile,his death being a final evidence of his complete ...
What a Man is analysed in relation to two current sub-genres of the romantic comedy, the German 'postromance' and the American 'geek-centred comedy', in order to place the film within discernible production trends that explore changing gender roles in western societies. The article also ...
American Beauty Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch 62 votes For Fans Of: Drama, Black Comedy, Cinema Verite Reasons to Watch if You're Interested in Having A Midlife Crisis: Lester Burnham's (Kevin Spacey) journey from disillusioned suburban dad to liberated spirit serves as a compelling...
This changewas dominated by the recent American oilcrisis lasting between October 1973and January 1974. In this context, Benglis’blur of sexual and artistic subjectivityquestions the difference between subject and object; art and commodity; sex andlabor. This furthermore exemplified an altered ...
'Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars,' by Kristin L. Hoganson; 'The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930,' by Angus McLaren; 'The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity,' by George L....