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Analyzing the meanings of masculinity in contemporary culture, this book examines specific cultural male icons like Muhammad Ali, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Newt Gingrich and explores the male stereotypes such as the cowboy, the father, the homosexual, and the Black terror.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 A Buffalo, New York Story
3 Father Figure
4 Dinge
5 Homo Academicus
6 Male Horror: On David Cronenberg
7 Telling Differences: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in The Crying Game
8 Scattered Speculations on the Value of Harvey Keitel
9 Hot Damme! Reflections on Gay Publicity
10 The Prettiest Postcolonial: Muhammad Ali
11 "Beat me outta me": Alternative Masculinities
12 Prosthetic Gender and Universal Intellect: Stephen Hawking's Law
13 Conservative Cowboy Stories: Adventures of the Chosen Sons
14 Of Newts and Quayles: National-Political Masculinity in the Current Conjuncture
15 A White Boy Is Being Beaten
About the Book and Editor
About the Contributors
Index
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