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As Burrows is explicitly performative among the cheering crowds, Grant exemplifies how the film shows the two men performing their In the boxing ring and Cheng stifling his desire for Lucy privately, For example, by reading a montage that cross-cuts between Burrows These constructions visible, by foregrounding their very enactment' Thus, while most Hollywood films naturalize genderĭefinitions, 'Broken Blossoms is one of those rare films that makes

Is that Griffith constructs this convention at the same time that he Grant's more original argument in this chapter 'a convention that will cut across numerous genres and Sensitive and moral man versus the immoral brute, thus initiating Masculinity in standard melodramatic fashion, along the binary of the Through a detailed reading of the film's main male characters,Ĭheng and Burrows, Grant illustrates how the director constructs Image of Victorian femininity, but also a binary view of masculinity. (1919), arguing that Griffith left us not only with the most enduring Grant starts appropriately with an analysis of Broken Blossoms Rewarding read for both the historically and the critically minded. Transform each other in particular historical moments make the book a His clear and enthusiastic analyses of how genre and gender Pioneer, significantly enrich, or cleverly challenge a genre'sĬonventions. Grant has aįlair for choosing those key historic moments, directors, and films that Title announces, the tensions and negotiations of masculine identitiesĪnd ideologies across Hollywood's generic history. Grant's uninhibited mode of analysis aimed at teasing out, as the Because each chapter focuses on one genre, auteur, or film, they Most of the chapters are revised and updated with ideas, excerpts,Įssays, and book chapters from previous work published between 1986 andĢ007. Impressive, and it reflects Grant's preoccupations across decades: The range of Hollywood genres covered in the ten chapters is Griffith's representations of masculinity inįeature-length melodramas and ending with Kathryn Bigelow'sĮxamination of masculinities in action adventure films. The book'sĬhapters are usefully arranged chronologically, starting with anĪnalysis of D.W. Westerns, teen movies, and action films' (7). Genres, 'including comedies, musicals, horror, science fiction, Grant's is the first to explore masculinity within a variety of Representation of masculinity in singular genres exist, Barry Keith $29.95 paperįilms is a much-needed collection. Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films. Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films.' Retrieved from

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