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Of treason, God and testicles : political masculinities in British and American films of the early Cold War / by Kathleen Starck.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443894135
  • 1443894133
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Of treason, God and testicles.DDC classification:
  • 791.436581 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.P6
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Between freedom and totalitarianism: British and American cinema and the early Cold War -- A man is a man is a man? The early Cold War and masculinity -- Heroism lies in the eye of the beholder: early traitors -- In God I trust: man of the cloth -- It could happen to you: prodigal sons -- Let's take off his testicles: the cold warrior -- Romeo and Juliet? Cold War lovers -- But what does it mean? Conclusion.
Summary: Gender in general, and masculinity in particular, might not be the first associations the mind produces when presented with the subject matter of the Cold War. More likely contenders would be the arms race or the ideological dichotomy of Communism versus Capitalism. However, recent research has established beyond a doubt that the politics and diplomacy of the superpower conflict were not only strongly influenced by beliefs about gender, but simultaneously also generated them. In fact, in a social climate where gender conformity was considered as crucial as ideological conformity, the conflict gave rise to what might be called distinctive "Cold War masculinities." At the same time, the socio-historical context of the Cold War markedly shaped the cinemas of one of the main Cold War players, the United States, and of its close ally, Great Britain. Both film industries produced films overtly or covertly depicting the Cold War, characterised by propaganda, coercion and resistance to varying degrees.Integrating these findings from the fields of masculinity studies and (cultural) Cold War studies, this book analyses in what shape the interplay between widespread political and ideological Cold War convictions and Cold War notions of masculinity found its way onto British and American cinema screens of the early Cold War.
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Gender in general, and masculinity in particular, might not be the first associations the mind produces when presented with the subject matter of the Cold War. More likely contenders would be the arms race or the ideological dichotomy of Communism versus Capitalism. However, recent research has established beyond a doubt that the politics and diplomacy of the superpower conflict were not only strongly influenced by beliefs about gender, but simultaneously also generated them. In fact, in a social climate where gender conformity was considered as crucial as ideological conformity, the conflict gave rise to what might be called distinctive "Cold War masculinities." At the same time, the socio-historical context of the Cold War markedly shaped the cinemas of one of the main Cold War players, the United States, and of its close ally, Great Britain. Both film industries produced films overtly or covertly depicting the Cold War, characterised by propaganda, coercion and resistance to varying degrees.Integrating these findings from the fields of masculinity studies and (cultural) Cold War studies, this book analyses in what shape the interplay between widespread political and ideological Cold War convictions and Cold War notions of masculinity found its way onto British and American cinema screens of the early Cold War.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-209) and indexes.

Introduction -- Between freedom and totalitarianism: British and American cinema and the early Cold War -- A man is a man is a man? The early Cold War and masculinity -- Heroism lies in the eye of the beholder: early traitors -- In God I trust: man of the cloth -- It could happen to you: prodigal sons -- Let's take off his testicles: the cold warrior -- Romeo and Juliet? Cold War lovers -- But what does it mean? Conclusion.

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