White Masculinity in Crisis in Hollywood’s Fin de Millennium Cinema (Hardback)

White Masculinity in Crisis in Hollywood’s Fin de Millennium Cinema claims that Hollywood cinema had a significant relationship with the millennial crisis of masculinity, as the films of the fin de millennium movement reflected the wider cultural discourse of concern over the crisis of masculinity. Pete Deakin proposes that a dichotomous structure of either feminine or, preferably, hyper-masculine representations of male identity were predominant in films during this movement. Deakin investigates both sides of representation and places them in a broader matrix of American socio-cultural history and commentary by examining a variety of films from this era and questioning the motivation for reiterating the cultural and critical voices that asserted the apocalypse of white masculinity was underway. Scholars of film studies, media studies, gender studies, history, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.