Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity.
Title:
Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity.
Author:
Cornell, Drucilla.
ISBN:
9780823230143
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shooting Eastwood -- Writing the Showdown: What's Left Behind When the Sun Goes Down -- Dancing with the Double: Reaching Out from the Darkness Within -- Ties That Bind: The Legacy of a Mother's Love -- Psychic Scars: Transformative Relationships and Moral Repair -- Parables of Revenge and Masculinity in Mystic River -- Militarized Manhood: Shattered Images and the Trauma of War -- Shades of Recognition: Privilege, Dignity, and the Hubris of White Masculinity -- Conclusion: The Last Take -- Notes -- Filmography: Clint Eastwood as Director -- Index.
Abstract:
In this risk-taking book, a major feminist philosopher engages the work of an actor and director who has progressed from being the stereotypical man's man to pushing the boundaries of the very genres-the Western, the police thriller, the war, and boxing movie--most associated with American masculinity. Cornell's highly appreciative encounter with the films directed by Clint Eastwood revolve around the questions What is it to be a good man? What is it to be, not just an ethical person, but specifically an ethical man? Focusing on him as a director rather than an actor or cultural icon, she studies Eastwood in relation to major philosophical ethical themes that have been articulated in her own life's work.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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