Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Space is a vantage point from which masculinity can be critiqued and understood. Documentary film-makers employ specific mode(s) to relate space to masculinity by positioning themselves vis-à-vis the interviewees, and the interviewees vis-à- vis the viewers. A financial crisis may threaten the hegemonic masculinity embodied by Wall Street’s lonesome cowboys and provide a chance for film-makers to critique this type of masculinity. This article analyses three documentary films, I.O.U.S.A., Capitalism: A Love Story, and Floored, which were released after the 2008 economic crisis in the United States. The films contain three prototypes: the lonesome cowboy; white, working-class masculinity; and hypermasculinity. These films may portend a new masculinity that prioritizes intellectual bravado, geek masculinity.
Publication Citation
6 Interactions: Stud. in Comm. & Culture 287 (2015).
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Frank Rudy, "From Lonesome Cowboys to Geek Masculinities: A Study of Documentary Films on the Financial Crisis" (2015). Scholarly Works. 1115.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1115
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Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons