{"product_id":"straight-constructions-of-heterosexuality-in-the-cinema-suny-series-cultural-studies-in-cinemavideo-9780791456248","title":"Straight Constructions of Heterosexuality in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the ways that stereotypes of heterosexuality are portrayed and constructed in film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estraight \/ ''strat (adj.)... without curves... correct... honest... not deviating from the normal... conventional... Heterosexual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractically all mainstream cinema is straight, and has been since its inception. In Straight, Wheeler Winston Dixon explores how heterosexual performativity has been constructed in film, from early cinema to the present day. In addition to discussing how cinematic visions of masculine and feminine desire have been commodified and sold to reinforce existing societal constructs, Dixon also documents the recent emergence of hypermasculinity, a kinetic and exaggerated masculinity that has been created to counter the more gentle, thoughtful male portrayed in While You Were Sleeping, Sleepless in Seattle, and other films that seemingly threaten the established order of patriarchal cinematic discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884640514391,"sku":"9780791456248","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/straight-constructions-of-heterosexuality-in-the-cinema-suny-series-cultural-studies-in-cinemavideo-9780791456248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}