Cinemas of boyhood : masculinity, sexuality, nationality / edited by Timothy Shary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shary, Timothy, 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Boys in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, [2021]

Summary:

Drawing from political sociology, pop psychology, and film studies, Cinemas of Boyhood explores the important yet often overlooked subject of boys and boyhood in film. This collected volume features an eclectic range of films from British and Indian cinemas to silent Hollywood and the new Hollywood of the 1980s, culminating in a comprehensive overview of the diverse concerns surrounding representations of boyhood in film.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Introduction

PART I

Chapter 1 Transition, Crisis and Nostalgia: Youth Masculinity and Postfeminism in Contemporary Hollywood, an Analysis of Superbad

Chapter 2 The Once and Future King: Negotiating the Survival of Boys in 1990s Cinema

Chapter 3 Transing Normative Boyhood Masculinity in Alain Berliner’s Ma Vie en Rose

Chapter 4 Adolescent Same-Sex Romance and Non-Traditional Masculinity in Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho and Do Começo ao Fim

PART II

Chapter 5 The Rumble of Nostalgia: Francis Ford Coppola’s Vision of Boyhood

Chapter 6 Thatcher’s Sons? 1980s Boyhood in British Cinema, 2005–2010

Chapter 7 When Jackie Coogan Had His Hair Cut: Masculinity, Maturity, and the Movies in the 1920s

Chapter 8 “I Am Trying” to Perform Like an Ideal Boy: The Construction of Boyhood through Corporal Punishment and Educational Discipline in Taare Zameen Par

Chapter 9 Back in Time Yet of His Time: Marty McFly as a 1980s Teenage Boy Role Model

Index

Notes:

"Originally published as two special issue of Boyhood Studies: Volume 8, issue 2 (2015) and Volume 9, issue 1 (2016)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789209952

1789209951

OCLC:

1235965155