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Absence of intellect? Spike TV and a crisis in masculinity

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Date Issued:
2005
Summary:
This study analyzes the programming, narrative structure and scheduling of Spike TV to reveal how this "first network for men" continues to support hegemonic masculinity through a strategy of gendered narrowcasting. Such representations mediate a crisis in masculinity by glorifying action-oriented males and, therefore, marginalize intellectual representations. The study suggests that such hegemonically masculine representations are contributing to the academic struggles currently plaguing young males in our culture.
Title: Absence of intellect? Spike TV and a crisis in masculinity.
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Name(s): Akers, Wesley R.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 80 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study analyzes the programming, narrative structure and scheduling of Spike TV to reveal how this "first network for men" continues to support hegemonic masculinity through a strategy of gendered narrowcasting. Such representations mediate a crisis in masculinity by glorifying action-oriented males and, therefore, marginalize intellectual representations. The study suggests that such hegemonically masculine representations are contributing to the academic struggles currently plaguing young males in our culture.
Identifier: 9780542384943 (isbn), 13286 (digitool), FADT13286 (IID), fau:10138 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Adviser: Christine Scodari.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.
Subject(s): American Studies
Mass Communications
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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