Synopsis
As traditional notions of masculinity have been put into question, there have been representational reactions to and articulations of changing masculinities in post-modern culture. Certain contemporary French cultural productions are illustrative of these changing masculinities and this book offers the first comprehensive examination of these manifestations. Acclaimed critic Lawrence Schehr uses analysis of AIDS narratives, mainstream films, popular novels, more mainstream novels, a graphic novel, and rightist polemics to explore the changing meaning of masculinity in French society.
French Post-Modern Masculinities will appeal to a broad range of researchers and graduate students working in French cultural studies, cinema, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century French literature.
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures 12
256pp, 234 x 156mm, cased only
Published December 2009
