Cool men and the second sex / Susan Fraiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraiman, Susan.

Series:

Gender and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Identity.

Men.

Men--Attitudes.

Gender identity.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Fraiman assesses the work of various contemporary male figures -- "bad boy" innovative filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, and Spike Lee and such "celebrity" professors as Edward Said, Andrew Ross, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Lee Edelman -- all of them on the left. She argues that despite their hipness -- or because of it -- these men consistently relegate women to the margins and feel free to ignore the insights of feminist scholars. Fraiman discusses movies like "Pulp Fiction" and "Do the Right Thing," as well as other popular forms from pornography to rap music.

Contents:

1. Anatomy of Cool / Quentin Tarantino 1

2. Scenarios of Race and Rape / Spike Lee, Brian De Palma 17

3. Gender, Culture, and Imperialism / Edward Said 36

4. The Romance of the Bad Boy / Andrew Ross 54

5. Figures in Black Masculinity / Henry Louis Gates Jr. 84

6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex 122

Postscript: Doing the Right Thing 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-204) and index.

ISBN:

0231129629

0231129637

OCLC:

51053613