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Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity
Includes bibliography.
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Centre for Film and Media Studies
2015
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| author | Phillips, Andrew John |
| author2 | Rijsdijk, Ian |
| author_browse | Phillips, Andrew John Rijsdijk, Ian |
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| author_sort | Phillips, Andrew John |
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| description | Includes bibliography. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13714 Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity Phillips, Andrew John Rijsdijk, Ian Marx, Lesley Film Includes bibliography. The central purpose of this thesis is to examine ideas of solitude and alienation as they relate to the masculine identity of men - particularly American men as represented in Hollywood films. The subjects include several outsider characters from history and fiction, which are divided into two primary categories: those men who have rejected society and sought solitude for themselves, especially in nature; and those who have been rejected by society, who find themselves on the relative margins of the patriarchal society they expected to embrace them. There is one question at the core of this exploration: If masculine identity is socially determined in accordance with strict normative values, what then of the outsider, who has ostensibly rejected, or been rejected by, society and is in many ways no longer subject to its rules? After a general introduction to psychological and philosophical notions of solitude and alienation, I use the first chapter to develop a theoretical framework for discussing hegemonic American masculinity, which is potently represented on screen by the Hollywood film industry to both reflect and inform the society that funds it. 2015-08-12T04:05:40Z 2015-08-12T04:05:40Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13714 eng application/pdf Centre for Film and Media Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Film Phillips, Andrew John Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| title_full | Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| title_fullStr | Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| title_short | Men on the margin: onscreen outsiders and American masculinity |
| title_sort | men on the margin onscreen outsiders and american masculinity |
| topic | Film |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13714 |
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