Cable Guys : Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century / / Amanda D. Lotz.
The emergence of "male-centered serials" such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons Of Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiating modern masculinities. Fromthe meth-dealing but devoted family man Walter White of AMC’s Breaking Bad,to the part-time basketball coach, part-t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : New York University Press,, 2014. Baltimore, Md. : : Project MUSE,, 2021 ©2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Understanding Men on Television
- Trying to Man Up: Struggling with Contemporary Masculinities in Cable's Male-Centered Serials
- Any Men and Outlaws: The Unbearable Burden of Straight White Man
- Where Men Can Be Men: The Homosocial Enclave and Jocular Policing of Masculinity
- Dynamic Duos: Hetero Intimacy and the New Male Friendship
- Conclusion: Is It the End of Men as We Know Them?