Tag: Masculinity

BOOK: White Cottage, White House: Irish American Masculinities in Classical Hollywood Cinema

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By Tony Tracy | Suny Press White Cottage, White House examines how Classical Hollywood cinema developed and deployed Irish American masculinities to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in midcentury America. Largely confined to discriminatory stereotypes during the silent era, Irish American male characters emerge as a favored identity with the introduction of sound, positioned in a variety of roles as mediators

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PUBLICATION: Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture

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Edited by: Michaela Schrage-Früh, Tony Tracy Exploring the shifting representations of older men from the early twentieth century to the present, the contributors analyse how a broad range of literary and visual texts construct, reinscribe, or challenge perceptions of older age. In doing so, they trace a shift from depictions of authority figures – often symbolising patriarchal dominance and oppression

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