Description
Book SynopsisAs traditional notions of masculinity have been put into question, there have been representational reactions to and articulations of changing masculinities in post-modern culture. Certain contemporary French cultural productions are illustrative of these changing masculinities and this book offers the first comprehensive examination of these manifestations. Acclaimed critic Lawrence Schehr uses analysis of AIDS narratives, mainstream films, popular novels, more mainstream novels, a graphic novel, and rightist polemics to explore the changing meaning of masculinity in French society. French Postmodern Masculinities will appeal to a broad range of researchers and postgraduate students working in French cultural studies, cinema, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century French literature.
Trade ReviewThis book makes a valuable contribution to French sexuality studies, and certainly deserves the attention of researchers in the field. * French Studies, Vol 66, no 3 *
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The work of Literature in an age of Queer reproduction
- 2 Neuromatrices and Networks
- 3 Topographies of Queer Popular culture
- 4 Perversions of the real
- Bibliography
- Index
