Tracy White Cottage, White House

Irish American Masculinities in Classical Hollywood Cinema
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8910-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema

Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tracy, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Our House to the White House: James Cagney at Warner Bros.

2. A New Deal in American Manhood: The Irish American Priest

3. Gentlemen and Gyms: Whiteness as Habitus in the Irish American Biopic

4. Green Streets: Irish American Cops and Spaces of the City

5. Home I've Come: Postwar Whiteness and Narratives of Return

Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tony Tracy is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, National University of Ireland, Galway. His previous books include Masculinity and Irish Popular Culture: Tiger's Tales (coedited with Conn Holohan) and Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema (coedited with Roddy Flynn).