Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body (Paperback or Softback)

What a welcome return to print! Peter Lehman's Running Scared was an instant classic when it appeared fifteen years ago. Everything he observed first has been increasingly well studied; every trend he predicted has come to pass. Now readers can see it for themselves!"--Michael Kimmel "editor of Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia " How wonderful to have Running Scared back in print. And in a new edition! Not content to rest on his definitive take on Hollywood's representations of the male body, Lehman brings his scrupulous analysis and theoretical sophistication to independent documentary, pornographic film, ancient Greek art, and much more."--Krin Gabbard "author of Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture " This welcome new edition of Lehman's groundbreaking work on the male body retains the earlier invaluable insights and adds an important chapter exploring recent developments in film and the significance of the Internet as a source of another discourse on sexual representation."--Robert Eberwein "author of Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film and Sex Ed: Film, Video, and the Framework of Desire " This new and long overdue edition of Running Scared is arguably as relevant and as eye-opening a contribution to research in the field now as it was in 1993. Running Scared is as relevant in 2007 as it was in 1993. This second edition is an essential contribution to the field of men studies and one that anyone working in this area should read."--Studies in Hispanic Cinemas