Ghost Faces by David Greven - 9781438460062

Ghost FacesHollywood and Post-Millennial Masculinity\nAuthor(s): David Greven\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438460062, 978-1438460062\nSynopsis\nCombines psychoanalysis, queer theory, masculinity studies, and cultural studies to explore contemporary manhood in film.\n\nFinalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award in the LGBT Nonfiction category presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation \n\nGhost Faces explores the insidious nature of homophobia even in contemporary Hollywood films that promote their own homo-tolerance and appear to destabilize hegemonic masculinity. Reframing Laura Mulvey's and Gilles Deleuze's paradigms and offering close readings grounded in psychoanalysis and queer theory, David Greven examines several key films and genre trends from the late 1990s forward. Movies considered range from the slasher film Scream to bromances and beta male comedies such as I .