Achilles effect

what pop culture is teaching young boys about masculinity

228 pages

English language

Published March 13, 2011 by iUniverse.

ISBN:
978-1-4502-8499-8
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OCLC Number:
701470927

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Explores gender bias in the entertainment aimed at primary school boys, focusing on the dominant themes in children's TV shows, toy advertising, movies and books; gender stereotypes of both sexes, male dominance, negative portrayals of fathers, breaking of the mother/son bond and the devaluing of femininity.

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Subjects

  • Masculinity in popular culture
  • Masculinity in motion pictures
  • Masculinity in literature
  • Men in literature
  • Men in motion pictures

Places

  • United States