Susan Mackey-Kallis, Brian Johnston

Wounded Masculinity and the Search for (Father) Self in American Film

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes popular American films that point to the need for father atonement, ego-decentering, and the resurrection of the lost feminine to heal gendered cultural wounds, while affirming the role of meaningful suffering, compassion, self-sacrifice and transcendence as an antidote to the inevitable woundedness of the human condition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781793626073
• ISBN-10: 1793626073
• Artikelnr.: 69077136

Autorenporträt

By Susan Mackey-Kallis and Brian Johnston

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Wounding and Healing: The Search for Self in American Film
and Culture
Section 1: The Tragic Frame: Suffering, Scapegoating, Mortification,
Masculine (White) Fragility, and the Lack/Loss of the Feeling Function
Section 1: Preface
Chapter 1: There Will Be Blood: "Give Me the Blood"
Chapter 2: Million Dollar Baby: "Hits Too Close to the Bone"
Chapter 3: Moonlight: "Who Is You, Man?"
Section 2: The Comic Frame: Suffering, Scapegoating, Mortification, and the
Search for the Feminine
Section 2: Preface
Chapter 4: Guardians of the Galaxy: "We Are Groot"
Chapter 5: Iron Man:"I Am Iron Man"
Chapter 6: The Darjeeling Limited: "We Haven't Located Us Yet"
Section 3: The Mystic Frame: Reflexivity, Transcendence, Restoration of the
Feminine and the Flowering of Compassion
Section 3: Preface
Chapter 7: Ad Astra: "We're All We've Got"
Chapter 8: Big Fish: "To Catch an Uncatchable Fish"
Chapter 9: The Fountain: "Dying as an Act of Creation"
Conclusion: Final Thoughts: "Thou Art That"
Bibliography
About the Authors