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Masculinity in Breaking Bad: Critical Perspectives

Masculinity in Breaking Bad: Critical Perspectives

Cowlishaw, Bridget Roussell

Paperback

Television

ISBN10: 0786497211
ISBN13: 9780786497218
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Mar 25 2015
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Following on author Peter Rollins' motto If it isn't popular, it isn't culture, this collection of new essays considers Vince Gilligan's award-winning television series Breaking Bad as a landmark of Western culture--comparable to the works of Shakespeare and Dickens in their time--that merits scholarly attention from those who would understand early the 21st century zeitgeist. The essayists explore the series as a critique of American concepts of masculinity, with Walter White discussed as a father archetype--provider, protector, author of a legacy--and as a Machiavellian warrior on the capitalist battleground. Other topics include the mutual exclusivity of intellect and masculinity in American culture, and the dramatic irony as White's rationales for his criminal life are gradually revealed as a lie. In round table chapters, contributors discuss the show's reception, fans who root for Team Walt, Skyler-hating and Breaking Bad as a feminist text.

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