THE TROUBLE WITH MEN

The Trouble With Men is a collection of essays focusing onmasculinity and film, particularly the representation of European masculinity. Split into four sections – Stars, Class & Race, Fathers and Bodies – areas covered include the Carmen films, Yiddish cinema and romantic comedy. National cinemas discussed include Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and France, as well as discussion of masculinity as represented by contemporary Hollywood. Michael Caine’s status as a working-class hero is featured alongside Gene Kelly and Alain Delon’s spectacular masculinity; other case studies include Aprile (Nanni Moretti), Seul contre tous (Gaspar Noé), Notting Hill (Roger Michell), The Beach (Danny Boyle) and Gladiator (Ridley Scott).

January 2004
264 pages

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Phil Powrie is Professor of French Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research into Film and Media at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published widely on French film, notably French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity (1997), Contemporary French Cinema: Continuity and Difference (1999) and French Cinema: A Student’s Guide (2002).

Ann Davies is Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Newcastle. She is the author of Don Juan and Changing Gender Relations (2002) as well as various articles on Spanish cinema and the Carmen story.

Bruce Babington is Professor of Film in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is co-author of Blue Skies and Silver Linings: Aspects of the Hollywood Musical (1985), Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes (1989) and Biblical Epics (1993). Other publications include British Stars and Stardom (2001) and Launder and Gilliat (2002).

'Most useful to scholars working in cultural theory, this volume demonstrates the rich possibilities for further scholarship on manhood in world cinema. Recommended'
– Choice

‘There are no dud essays in this collection. There are also some outstandingly interesting ones. It will be of frequent and positive usefulness to students of masculinities in film representation.’
– www.film-philosophy.com