“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence – a noun, a verb and 9/11”:<i>terrorism, fear and the after, after 9/11</i>

Stohl, Michael

doi:10.1080/17539153.2018.1494791

Critical Studies on Terrorism

2018

DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2018.1494791

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“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence – a noun, a verb and 9/11”:terrorism, fear and the after, after 9/11

Michael Stohl

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Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy

Avery

2023

Australasian Journal of Popular Culture

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The superhero as a masculine ideal has been extensively scrutinized; he is perceived as a man of physical strength, selflessness and conformity but also one capable of aggression, toxic violence, vigilantism and emotional detachment. Nolan’s superhero, Batman, is situated within this discourse of contradictory masculinity. Recent scholarly discussion has considered how superheroes, including Batman, portray a masculinity designed to fulfil the desires of a post-9/11 audience. This article will extend this examination of contradictory masculinity to consider the father figures who teach Batman to be a superhero and what their instruction identifies as desirable heroic traits in the decade following the 9/11 tragedy. This form of heroic masculinity is not new and exhibits an uncanny resemblance to the cowboy who, like the superhero, is a stylized, uniquely American character. This article will argue that this is a masculinity that is learned and then performed: it reveals the imitative nature of gender, such that Nolan’s trilogy acts as a series of lessons in the problematic, fictive and performative expressions of masculinity in a post-9/11 world.

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Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy

Avery

2023

Australasian Journal of Popular Culture

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“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence – a noun, a verb and 9/11”:terrorism, fear and the after, after 9/11

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Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy

Paternalism, performative masculinity and the post-9/11 cowboy in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy

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