The Trouble With Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema

The Trouble With Men is a timely new collection of essays focusing on masculinity 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 No?), Notting Hill (Roger Michell), The Beach (Danny Boyle) and Gladiator (Ridley Scott).