Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body
(Part of the Culture and the Moving Image Series and Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series Series)
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Our patriarchal culture keeps the male body - and especially male genitals - out of sight. This scheme, Peter Lehman argues, maintains the "male mystique" and preserves the power of the phallus. Society's intentional blindness to male sexual representation cultivates "good taste" and avoids perversion. Lehman draws back the curtain. Running Scared brings representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight at last, documenting the pervasive anxiety...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1566392225
ISBN13:9781566392228
Release Date:November 1994
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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