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In film, Men are good and Monsters are bad. In this book, Combe and Boyle consider the monstrous body as a metaphor for the cultural body and regard gendered behavior as a matter of performativity. Taken together, these two identity positions, manliness and monsterliness, offer a window into the workings of current American society.

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Introductions: Of Masculine, Monstrous, and Me 1. Tossing Blondes in Peter Jackson´s King Kong 2. Hooah! We...Are...Sparta! 3. Love and Violence in V for Vendetta 4. Going "Full Retard" in Tropic Thunder 5. The New Millennium Manliness Coda: The Monster´s Suit

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Author Kirk Combe: Kirk Combe is Professor of English at Denison University, USA. Author Brenda Boyle: Brenda Boyle is Associate Professor of English at Denison University, USA.

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