Men with stakes : masculinity and the gothic in US television

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Label

Men with stakes : masculinity and the gothic in US television

Title remainder

masculinity and the gothic in US television

Statement of responsibility

Julia M. Wright

Title variation

Masculinity and the gothic in US television

Creator

• Wright, Julia M

Subject

• Horror television programs -- Social aspects -- United States
• Horror television programs -- United States -- History and criticism
• Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
• Masculinity on television

Language

eng

Summary

"Men with stakes builds on recent discussions of television Gothic by examining the ways in which the Gothic mode is deployed specifically to call into question televisual realism and, with it, conventional depictions of masculinity. Released from the mandate of realism to describe the world as it is supposed to be, television Gothic calls attention to the constructedness of gender - and therefore to the possibility of re-imagining men's agency, authority and the legitimated forms of knowledge with which men are traditionally associated (science in particular). In this context, after an overview of Gothic television's larger history, this study discusses in some depth seven series from the last two decades: American Gothic, Millennium, Angel, Carnivàle, Point Pleasant, Supernatural and American Horror Story"--Publisher's website

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography