Cool men and the second sex / Susan Fraiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraiman, Susan.

Series:

Gender and culture.

Gender and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Identity.

Men.

Men--Attitudes.

Gender identity.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? In Cool Men and the Second Sex, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with ""cool masculinity"" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. According to Fraiman, ""cool men"" rebel against a mainstream defined as maternal. Bad boys resist the authority of women and banish mothers to the realm of the uncool. As a result, despite their hipness -- or because o

Contents:

Contents; Preface: The Uncool Mother; 1. Quentin Tarantino: Anatomy of Cool; 2. Spike Lee and Brian De Palma: Scenarios of Race and Rape; 3. Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism; 4. Andrew Ross: The Romance of the Bad Boy; 5. Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Figures in Black Masculinity; 6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex; Postscript: Doing the Right Thing; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

818856615