Conjugality

Brook, Heather

doi:10.1057/9781137480910

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“…This article emerges from my continuing research across two fields. The greater part concerns marriage and marriage-like relationships (or, broadly, conjugality), and particularly conjugality as an arena for the regulation of sex and gender (Brook 2007, 2015a). In recent years, a parallel interest in the politics of film (Beasley and Brook forthcoming) has prompted me to consider wedding culture in general, and, in particular, wedding movies (Brook 2011, 2015b).…”

Section: Movies Marriage and Menmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bros before Ho(mo)s

Brook

2015

Men and Masculinities

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This article considers whether mainstream Hollywood “bromance” movies offer potential for sex/gender transgression and/or progressive representations of masculinity. Bromances resemble the heavily feminized genre of romantic comedy (or “rom-coms”) except that the action centers on male friendships rather than heterosexual romance. On the surface, at least, bromances promise opportunities for gender subversion and seem to offer richly heterodoxical possibilities. Using The Hangover (2009), Wedding Crashers (2005), and I Love You, Man (2009) as examples of mainstream bromance, this article argues that while it is possible to observe crevices in the representation of monolithically heteronormative masculinity in each of these films, their subversive potential is decidedly limited. These limitations suggest that while considering heterodox masculinities in bromantic movies may be productive, heterodoxies are complex and, perhaps, even contradictory. While the concept of heterodoxy seems to have potentially exciting applications in masculinity studies, this articles argues for care and caution in its adoption.

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Section: Movies Marriage and Menmentioning

confidence: 99%