Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film - Brossura

Eberwein, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813540801 ISBN 13: 9780813540801

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2007

Riassunto

In war films, the portrayal of deep friendships between men is commonplace. Given the sexually anxious nature of the American imagination, such bonds are often interpreted as carrying a homoerotic subtext. In Armed Forces , Robert Eberwein argues that an expanded conception of masculinity and sexuality is necessary in order to understand more fully the intricacy of these intense and emotional human relationships. Drawing on a range of examples from silent films such as What Price Glory and Wings to sound era works like The Deer Hunter, Platoon, Three Kings, and Pearl Harbor , he shows how close readings of war films, particularly in relation to their cultural contexts, demonstrate that depictions of heterosexual love, including those in romantic triangles, actually help to define and clarify the nonsexual nature of male love. The book also explores the problematic aspects of masculinity and sexuality when threatened by wounds, as in The Best Years of Our Lives, and considers the complex and persistent analogy between weapons and the male body, as in Full Metal Jacket and Saving Private Ryan .

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robert Eberwein is Distinguished Professor English at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, and the editor of The War Film (Rutgers University Press).

Product Description:

Book by Eberwein Robert

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0813540801
• ISBN 13: 9780813540801
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 196