RT Article
T1 Masculinity and heroism in the Hollywood 'blockbuster'. The culture industry and contemporary images of crime and law enforcement
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 36
IS 3
SP 348
OP 360
A1 Sparks, Richard
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639657002
AB This article considers the connections between masculinity and heroic agency in certain versions of popular film. It proposes that how films dignify and celebrate the suffering and striving of their leading men may be quite centrally indicative of durable sensibilities regarding the qualities and virtues seen as defining manliness; and, moreover, that some of the more drastic reaffirmations of rugged masculinity in recent films starring Schwarzennegger, Stallone, and others are in reaction against instabilities in current notions of masculine gender identities. It is in such aspects of representation, and in what they suggest about the appeal of such films to their audiences, that we should now locate discussions of the social influences of screen violence'
K1 Mediengewalt
K1 Geschlechtsrollen
K1 Kulturindustrie
K1 Geschlechtsrollenstereotype
K1 Heldenmythos
K1 Rächermythos