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Wounded masculinity and the search for (father) self in American film
- Title
- Wounded masculinity and the search for (father) self in American film / Susan Mackey-Kallis, Brian Johnston.
- Author
- Mackey-Kallis, Susan
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Johnston, Brian, 1973-
- Description
- xii, 250 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index.
- Contents
- Section 1. The tragic frame: suffering, scapegoating, mortification, masculine (White) fragility, and the lack/loss of the feeling function -- Section 1. Preface -- There will be blood: "give me the blood" -- Million dollar baby: " Hits too close to the bone" -- Moonlight: "Who is you, man" Section 2. The comic frame: suffering, scapegoating, mortification, and the search for the feminine -- Section 2. Preface -- Guardians of the galaxy: "We are groot" -- Iron man: "I am Iron man" -- The Darjeeling Limited: "We haven't located us yet" -- Section 3. Preface -- Ad Astra: "We're all we've got" -- Big fish: "To catch an uncatchable fish" -- The fountain: "Dying as an act of creation" -- Conclusion: Final thoughts: "Thou art that".
- Call Number
- MFL 24-2823
- ISBN
- 9781793626073
- 1793626073
- 9781793626080 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023058729
- OCLC
- 1417204378
- Author
- Mackey-Kallis, Susan, author.
- Title
- Wounded masculinity and the search for (father) self in American film / Susan Mackey-Kallis, Brian Johnston.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- Johnston, Brian, 1973- author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Mackey-Kallis, Susan, 1961- Wounded masculinity and the search for (father) self in American film Lanham : Lexington Books, 2024 9781793626080 (DLC) 2023058730
- Research Call Number
- MFL 24-2823