“steven cohan”

Author Steven Cohan draws on popular publicity to link narratives of masculinity and the personae of Hollywood's leading men like John Wayne, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, and others. Cohan analyzes the gender and sexual masquerades of their performances of masculinity and challenges the p... More

"Telling Stories "overturns traditional definitions of narrative by arguing that any story, whether a "Cathy" comic, a clothing advertisement, a Jane Austen novel, or a Bette Davis film, must be related to a larger cultural network. They call for a critical practice that, through the fracturing of t... More

"Hollywood Musicals, The Film Reader" explores one of the most popular genres in film history. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of the musical, including: the musical's significance as a genre; the musical's own particular representation of sexual differen... More

"Steven Cohan's "Incongruous Entertainment "brings together two fascinating subjects--camp and the musical--that are often casually linked but have never been explored as carefully and usefully as they are here."--Pamela Robertson Wojcik, author of "Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to M... More

Since its debut in 2000, "CSI: Crime ""Scene Investigation, "which depicts the crime-solving work of Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and his team of smart criminalists in modern-day Las Vegas," "has inspired a loyal fan following and won critical aclaim and ratings success. Steven Cohan's insightful ... More

The road is an enduring theme in American culture; from "The Wizard of Oz" to "Thelma and Louise," and from "Bonnie and Clyde" to "Natural Born Killers," cinematic portrayals of road journeys continually captivate the American imagination. But what is so American about the genre and why does it tran... More

Gathering together thirteen original essays by scholars in the US, UK, and Australia, as well as Steve Neale's ground-breaking article on male spectacle, this collection looks beyond the seemingly unassailable monolithic understanding of the 'masculine' which has previously dominated most film criti... More

Table of contents Introduction to Technical Analysis. Some History. The Human Element. Fundamental Analysis. The Future Can Be Found in the Past. The Weatherman. The Roulette Wheel. Computerized Trading. Price Fields. Charts. Line Charts. Bar Charts. Semi-Log Versus Linear... More

Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they remain one of the most exciting and colourful adventure stories in history. An army of mounted warriors, travelling with peasants, merchants and artisans, faced a journey ove... More

Written in the 1990s by American author Steven Gould, Jumper is the inspiration for the film of the same name – to be released in Feb 08 and starring Samuel L Jackson.It tells the story of Davy Rice, played by Hayden Christensen, as he escapes his tortured childhood to explore the world via te... More