Masculine Interests

Homoerotics in Hollywood Film

By: Robert Lang

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Hardcover | 2 October 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Until "Masculine Interests" not much had been written about men "as men" in the cinema. Now Robert Lang considers how Hollywood articulates the eroticism that is intrinsic to identification between men. He considers masculinity in social and psychoanalytic terms, maintaining that a major function of the movies is to define different types of masculinity, and to either valorize or criticize these forms. Focusing on several films -- primarily "The Lion King," "The Most Dangerous Game," "The Outlaw," "Kiss Me Deadly," "Midnight Cowboy," "Innerspace," "My Own Private Idaho," the "Batman" series, and "Jerry Maguire" -- Lang questions the way in which American culture distinguishes between homosexual and nonhomosexual forms of male bonding. In arguing for a much more complex recognition of the homosocial continuum, he contends that queer sexuality is far more present in American cinema than is usually acknowledged.

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Articulates the big screen's dedication to eroticism between men, especially in movies that now belong to the film canon. Gay & Lesbian Review

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Preface	p. xi
Masculine Interests	p. 1
Oedipus in Africa: The Lion King	p. 14
To "Have Known Ecstasy": Hunting Men in The Most Dangerous Game	p. 52
Friendship and Its Discontents: The Outlaw	p. 80
Looking for the "Great Whatsit": Kiss Me Deadly and Film Noir	p. 121
Midnight Cowboy's Backstory	p. 140
Innerspace: A Spectacular Voyage to the Heart of Identity	p. 180
Batman and Robin: A Family Romance	p. 206
My Own Private Idaho and the New Queer Road Movies	p. 243
"The Things We Think and Do Not Say": Jerry maguire and the Business of Personal Relationships	p. 263
Concerning Happiness: An Afterword	p. 303
Notes	p. 307
Bibliography	p. 353
Index	p. 369
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