Broken Heroes: The Crisis of Masculinity in Post-2000 Hollywood Film

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Broken Heroes: The Crisis of Masculinity in Post-2000 Hollywood Film

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

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This thesis examines representations of masculinity in post-2000 Hollywood film and critically reports what these films reveal about the current crisis of masculinity. The major domains for this analysis are representations of the body, technology and violence as they relate to masculinity. These representations are considered using social and psychological theories, as well as film and gender studies to make the findings relevant on a psycho-social level. This thesis explores a lack of intim...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Usmar, Patrick

URL

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/9216

Related subjects

Masculinity / Identity / Hollywood heroes / Male body / Violence / Technology / Consumerism / Capitalism / Hegemony / Film

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