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  “Real” Men: Compulsory Able-Bodiedness & Heroic Injury

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  Marty Heath University of Illinois - Chicago

  September 09, 2022

  guys win.   References: Burriss, R. P., Rowland, H. M., & Little, A. C. (2009). Facial scarring ...
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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed

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  Glen Donnar RMIT University

  April 18, 2016

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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed Sylvester Stallone Rocky masculinity boxing film ageing action stardom 80s action Curator's Note The training montage is a genre staple of the boxing film ...
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  Nathan for You and Cable's Contested Masculinities

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  Nick Marx Colorado State University

  August 21, 2014

  City, and Key & Peele have earned much of the attention in Comedy Central’s recent run of standout ...
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  One Man Army: Ultimate Warfighters and Interchangeable Tough Guys

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  Charity Fox University of Baltimore

  September 28, 2011

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  congratulate each other on wins, encouraging their “brothers.” They battle circumstances and time rather than ...
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  Strike a (Masculine) Pose: Queering Hip-hop

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  Scott Poulson-Bryant Harvard University

  April 14, 2011

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  performing their boyness for other boys, striking poses, earning points in the competition for realness that ... their finest “straight” boy apparel, trying to pass for butch to win the prize. What is hiphop, ...
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  The Body That Can't Win

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  August 13, 2010

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  The Body That Can't Win The Expendables the body Stallone Rocky Rambo masculinity action ... seems, just can’t win.   ...
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  The World in Action

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  Mark Gallagher University of Nottingham

  August 11, 2010

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  the world, filming on location to exploit foreign scenery or tax credits, or simply earning ... (2006) have earned writer-director Timur Bekmambetov entry into B+ list Hollywood. Kazakh coproductions ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...
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  Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The Transporter

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  Zachary Dorsey University of Texas at Austin

  December 05, 2007

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  Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The Transporter queerness masculinity dance choreography violence action movies The Transporter Corey Yuen Jason Stratham Curator's Note There’s something queer about Corey Yuen’s fight choreography in this sc ...
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  It’s Not TV, It’s PeePee

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  Walter Metz Montana State University

  September 21, 2007

  pastry is not without its importance. For me, however, “TMYLM” wins the cake: the pilot is a veritable ...