The fifties marks the moment when a heterosexual/homosexual dualism came to dominate U.S. culture's thinking about masculinity. The films of this era record how gender and sexuality did not easily come together in a normative manhood common to American men. Instead these films demonstrate the widely held perception of a crises of masculinity. Masked Men documents how movies of the fifties represented masculinity as a multiple masquerade. Hollywood's star system positioned the male actor as a professional performer and as a body intended to solicit the erotic interest of male and female viewers alike. Drawing on publicity, poster art, fan magazines, and the popular press as a means of following the links between fifties stars, their films, and the social tensions of the period, Cohan juxtaposes Hollywood's narratives of masculinity against the personae of leading men like Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, William Holden, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, and Rock Hudson. Masked Men focuses on the gender and sexual masquerades that organized their performances of masculinity on and off screen.
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Steve Cohan, Professor of English at Syracuse University, is co-author of Telling Stories: A Theoretical Analysis of Narrative Fiction, co-editor of Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema, and The Road Movie Book. He has also published articles in Camera Obscura, Screen, The Masculine Masquerade, and Stud: Architectures of Masculinity.
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The poster for North by Northwest (1959), reproduced as figure 1, offers an arresting image of male vulnerability: Cary Grant suspended helplessly in space. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photogenic chest, masquerade plot, peplum cycle, domestic mystique, fan discourse, phony shooting, bachelor playboy, neurotic dimension, conservative masculinity, male spectacle, epic presence, masculine masquerade, transvestite effect, domesticated masculinity, star persona, branding scene, buddy relation, ranch culture, playboy bachelor, breadwinner ethic, domesticated male, gender masquerade, bedroom problems, hegemonic masculinity, fifties culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Ten Commandments, Red River, World War, United States, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Dead Reckoning, The Desperate Hours, John Wayne, Middle East, Roger Thornhill, George Kaplan, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, New York City, Tom Rath, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, Brad Allen, Gregory Peck, Madison Avenue, Richard Sherman, Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Eva Marie Saint New!
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The poster for North by Northwest (1959), reproduced as figure 1, offers an arresting image of male vulnerability: Cary Grant suspended helplessly in space. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photogenic chest, masquerade plot, peplum cycle, domestic mystique, fan discourse, phony shooting, bachelor playboy, neurotic dimension, conservative masculinity, male spectacle, epic presence, masculine masquerade, transvestite effect, domesticated masculinity, star persona, branding scene, buddy relation, ranch culture, playboy bachelor, breadwinner ethic, domesticated male, gender masquerade, bedroom problems, hegemonic masculinity, fifties culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Ten Commandments, Red River, World War, United States, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Dead Reckoning, The Desperate Hours, John Wayne, Middle East, Roger Thornhill, George Kaplan, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, New York City, Tom Rath, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, Brad Allen, Gregory Peck, Madison Avenue, Richard Sherman, Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Eva Marie Saint New!
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