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Cool men and the second sex /

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? In Cool Men and the Second Sex, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with ""cool masculi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fraiman, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Colección:Gender and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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? In Cool Men and the Second Sex, Susan Fraiman identifies them all with ""cool masculinity"" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. According to Fraiman, ""cool men"" rebel against a mainstream defined as maternal. Bad boys resist the authority of women and banish mothers to the realm of the uncool. As a result, despite their hipness -- or because o
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvi, 212 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0231503326
9780231503327