Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body

by Peter Lehman

Book Overview

An expanded, updated version of Peter Lehman's classic text that became the leading source for the study of masculinity, the male body, and sexuality in film.

Running Scared responds to the absence of critical attention to male sexuality in film by bringing representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight. In his analysis of films, novels, paintings, photographs, popular music, jokes, and videos, Peter Lehman investigates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333397
• ISBN13: 9780814333396
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"