When the Alternative Becomes Hegemonic: A Textual Analysis of the Royal Tenenbaums

Abstract

Wes Anderson has been designated by many as one of the first 'Indiewood' directors. While his films possess a quirky, atypical, and oddball visual and aesthetic style, at least one of his films, The Royal Tenenbaums, offers performances of gender and race-particularly of white masculinity-that reinforce a number of gender and