Male Myths and Icons Masculinity in Popular Culture

This book studies some of the important myths of masculinity in popular culture, including the western, the horror film, rock music and pornography. The book begins with an assessment of some of the key theoretical issues in gender studies and cultural studies, including identification between subject and text, and the debate over the male subject position and the female object position in patriarchal culture.Horrocks, Roger is the author of 'Male Myths and Icons Masculinity in Popular Culture' with ISBN 9780312126230 and ISBN 0312126239.