Masculinity in the Contemporary Romantic Comedy

Gender as Genre

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: John Alberti ISBN: 9781136222894
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: John Alberti
ISBN: 9781136222894
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This volume addresses the growing obsolescence of traditional constructions of masculine identity in popular romantic comedies by proposing an approach that combines gender and genre theory to examine the ongoing radical reconstruction of gender roles in these films. Alberti creates a unified theory of gender role change in the movies that combines the insights of both poststructuralist gender and narrative genre theory, avoiding binary approaches to the study of gender representation. He establishes the current "crises" in both gender representation and genre development within romantic comedies as examples of experimentation and change towards narratives that feature more egalitarian and less essentialist constructions of gender.

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This volume addresses the growing obsolescence of traditional constructions of masculine identity in popular romantic comedies by proposing an approach that combines gender and genre theory to examine the ongoing radical reconstruction of gender roles in these films. Alberti creates a unified theory of gender role change in the movies that combines the insights of both poststructuralist gender and narrative genre theory, avoiding binary approaches to the study of gender representation. He establishes the current "crises" in both gender representation and genre development within romantic comedies as examples of experimentation and change towards narratives that feature more egalitarian and less essentialist constructions of gender.

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