VAM4007

Gender and genre: masculinity in film

(ART)

Leonie Naughton

12 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: A study of the sexual politics and ideological operations of popular film genres, in particular with representations of masculinity in mainstream, commercial film. Shifting definitions of masculinity, mostly in recent American cinema. The heroic, the mythic and the psychotic identities male protagonists assume in much commercial cinema. The tendency of more recent commercial film to stage and parody masculinity as excess.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 35% + Essay (4000 words): 35% + Class paper: 10% + Test (1-hour): 20%