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Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood
Ruth O´donnell
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Description for Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood
Hardcover. American modern masculinity reviewed through Cruise's career. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 integrated bw. BIC Classification: APB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates ... Read more
Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784530525
SKU
V9781784530525
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About Ruth O´donnell
Ruth O'Donnell is an expert on masculinity and Hollywood culture. She obtained her doctorate from Royal Holloway, University of London, where she has also taught courses on the culture of celebrity. Her publications include a psychoanalytic reading of the film Twilight and an upcoming study of the detective films of Robert Downey Jr. Her research interests encompass gender performance, new ... Read more
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