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Affirmative reaction : new formations of white masculinity / Hamilton Carroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carroll, Hamilton, 1969-
- Series:
- New Americanists.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New Americanists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men, White--United States--Attitudes.
- Men, White.
- White people--Race identity--United States.
- White people.
- Masculinity--Social aspects--United States.
- Masculinity.
- Masculinity in popular culture--United States.
- Masculinity in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Affirmative Reaction explores the cultural politics of heteronormative white masculine privilege in the United States.
- Contents:
- Jack Bauer's extraordinary rendition : neoliberal melodrama and the ethics of torture
- Future perfect : "everyday heroes" and the new exceptionalism
- Men's soaps : automotive television programming and contemporary working-class masculinities
- "My skin is it startin' to work to my benefit now" : Eminem's white trash aesthetic
- The fighting Irish : ethnic whiteness and million dollar baby
- Romancing the nation : family melodrama and the sentimental logics of neoliberalism.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613252210
- 9781283252218
- 128325221X
- 9780822393870
- 0822393875
- OCLC:
- 708741592
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