David A Gerstner

Manly Arts

Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the anxieties of class and race and the conflicts between New and Old Worlds that attend the elevation of masculinity as a defining characteristic of early American cinema and visual culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2006
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337751
• ISBN-10: 0822337754
• Artikelnr.: 21763264

Autorenporträt

David A. Gerstner is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
1. Nineteenth-Century Formulations of Masculinity and Realism: The Body of
Edwin Forrest 1
2. The Battle Cry of Peace and the Spectacle of Realism 51
3. African American Realism: Oscar Micheaux, Autobiography, and the
Ambiguity of Black Male Desire 83
4. Manhatta: A National Self-Portrait 119
5. The Queer Frontier: Vincente Minnelli’s Cabin in the Sky 165
Epilogue 212
Notes 215
Bibliography 281
Index 305