Masculinity and Film Performance

1. Introduction: Being a Man
Donna Peberdy

Part I. Performance and Performers

2. Performance and Masculinity
Donna Peberdy

3. Performing Angst
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Part II. Roles and Representations

4. From Wimps to Wild Men: Bipolar Masculinity and the Paradoxical Performances of Tom Cruise
Donna Peberdy

5. Performing Paternity: Clinton, Nostalgia and the Racial Politics of Fatherhood
Donna Peberdy

6. Aging Men: Viagra, Retiring Boomers and Jack Nicholson
Donna Peberdy

7. Conclusion: Returns, Renewals, Departures
Donna Peberdy

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Film History, Gender Studies, Film and Television Studies, Genre, Cultural Studies