01662cam a2200241 i 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002400082100002200106245008700128246004800215300001100263505001700274518001500291520084800306650003101154650005101185650007001236650006301306650003201369651001901401160405s2016    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a9780719097706  a0719097703  aSDU00aPN1992bW947 M 20161 aWright, Julia M.,10aMen with stakes :bmasculinity and the gothic in US television /cJulia M. Wright.30aMasculinity and the gothic in US television  a186 p.  aHKBU library  aYT2025 M08  a"Men with stakes builds on recent discussions of television Gothic by examining the ways in which the Gothic mode is deployed specifically to call into question televisual realism and, with it, conventional depictions of masculinity. Released from the mandate of realism to describe the world as it is supposed to be, television Gothic calls attention to the constructedness of gender - and therefore to the possibility of re-imagining men's agency, authority and the legitimated forms of knowledge with which men are traditionally associated (science in particular). In this context, after an overview of Gothic television's larger history, this study discusses in some depth seven series from the last two decades: American Gothic, Millennium, Angel, Carnivàle, Point Pleasant, Supernatural and American Horror Story"--Publisher's website. 0aMasculinity on television. 0aMasculinity in popular culturezUnited States. 0aHorror television programszUnited StatesxHistory and criticism. 0aHorror television programsxSocial aspectszUnited States. 7aHorror television programs. 7aUnited States.