The Fragility of Manhood(1st Edition) Hawthorne, Freud, and the Politics of Gender by ProfessorDavidGreven Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Ohio State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-5288-8, ISBN: 0-8142-5288-5
"Merging psychoanalytic and queer theory perspectives, "The Fragility of Manhood: Hawthorne, Freud, and the Politics of Gender" reframes Nathaniel Hawthorne's work as a critique of the normative construction of American male identity. Revising Freudian and Lacanian literary theory and establishing the concepts of narcissism and the gaze as central, David Greven argues that Hawthorne represents normative masculinity as fundamentally depen ..."
Ghost Faces(Reprint) Hollywood and Post-Millennial Masculinity (SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema) by ProfessorDavidGreven Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 2017 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-6006-2, ISBN: 1-4384-6006-6
"Combines psychoanalysis, queer theory, masculinity studies, and cultural studies to explore contemporary manhood in film.Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award in the LGBT Nonfiction category presented by the Lambda Literary FoundationGhost Faces explores the insidious nature of homophobia even in contemporary Hollywood films that promote their own homo-tolerance and appear to destabilize hegemonic masculinity. Reframing Laura Mulv ..."
The Fragility of Manhood Hawthorne, Freud, and the Politics of Gender by ProfessorDavidGreven Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2012 by Ohio State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8142-1200-4, ISBN: 0-8142-1200-X
"Merging psychoanalytic and queer theory perspectives, "The Fragility of Manhood: Hawthorne, Freud, and the Politics of Gender" reframes Nathaniel Hawthorne s work as a critique of the normative construction of American male identity. Revising Freudian and Lacanian literary theory and establishing the concepts of narcissism and the gaze as central, David Greven argues that Hawthorne represents normative masculinity as fundamentally depen ..."
"In the middle of this century's first decade, "bromance" emerged as a term denoting an emotionally intense bond between straight men. Yet bromance requires an expression of intimacy that always toys with being coded as something other than "straight" male behavior, even as it insists that such intimacy must never be misinterpreted. In Reading the Bromance: Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television, editor Michael DeAngelis has com ..."
"For the 2009 Oscars, the Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor
awards were presented by five former winners in each category who introduced
each of the nominees. Robert De Niro's in- troduction of Penn is worth quoting in
its entirety: How did he do it? How for so many years did Sean Penn get all those
jobs playing straight men? Being a movie star can get in the way of acting, but not
for Sean. Sean Penn the actor los ..."
"Studying the "Star Trek" myth from the original 1960s series to the 2009 franchise-reboot film, this book challenges frequent accusations that the "Star Trek" saga refuses to represent queer sexuality. Arguing that "Star Trek" speaks to queer audiences through subtle yet distinctive allegorical narratives, the analysis pays close attention to representations of gender, race, and sexuality to develop an understanding of the franchise's q ..."
"In virtually every aspect of culture-health, marriage, family, morals, politics, sex, race, economics-American men of the past two decades have faced changing social conditions and confronted radical questions about themselves. In Millennial Masculinity: Men in Contemporary American Cinema, editor Timothy Shary collects fourteen contributions that consider male representation in films made at the turn of the century to explore precisely ..."
Men Beyond Desire(Reprint) Manhood, Sex, and Violation in American Literature by DavidGreven Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-29808-9, ISBN: 1-137-29808-1
Intimate Violence(1st Edition) Hitchcock, Sex, and Queer Theory by DavidGreven Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-021417-3, ISBN: 0-19-021417-1
Psycho-Sexual Male Desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin by DavidGreven Paperback, 311 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-75676-2, ISBN: 0-292-75676-3