Myths of Masculinity and American Film

Myths of Masculinity and American Film examines ideologies of white American manhood that permeated US culture between 1974 and 2016-the period in which the boys of Generation X grew into adulthood.Stephen R. Duncan argues that the mass media of movies and television, along with some popular novels, music, and certain newsworthy events, can help reveal these ideologies-for good and for ill-as they...