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Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? This work identifies them all with "cool masculinity" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work.

Table of Contents
1. Quentin Tarantino: Anatomy of Cool 2. Spike Lee and Brian De Palma: Scenarios of Race and Rape 3. Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism 4. Andrew Ross: The Romance of the Bad Boy 5. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Figures in Black Masculinity 6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex Postscript: Doing the Right Thing

Cool Men and the Second Sex

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 22/10/2003
      ISBN13: 9780231129626, 978-0231129626
      ISBN10: 0231129629
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      Book Synopsis
      Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? This work identifies them all with "cool masculinity" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work.

      Table of Contents
      1. Quentin Tarantino: Anatomy of Cool 2. Spike Lee and Brian De Palma: Scenarios of Race and Rape 3. Edward Said: Gender, Culture, and Imperialism 4. Andrew Ross: The Romance of the Bad Boy 5. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Figures in Black Masculinity 6. Queer Theory and the Second Sex Postscript: Doing the Right Thing

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