"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.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2005

Author dc:creator

• Schneider, Matthew

Contributors dc:contributor

• Benshoff, Harry
• Armintor, Deborah Needleman
• Craig, Steve

• Masculinity in motion pictures.
• Men, White, in motion pictures.
• hegemony
• masculinity
• negotiation
• U.S. cinema
• patriarchy

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Schneider, Matthew
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 69245804
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4932/
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