Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity.

Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity

Drucilla Cornell

Fordham University Press

University Box L, 2546 Belmont Ave, Bronx, NY 10458

9780823230136, $24.00, www.fordhampress.com

If you ask someone to name ten icons of manliness, there's a high chance that Clint Eastwood would be on that list. "Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity" is a study of what is viewed as manly in today's society using the film work of Clint Eastwood as a case study. Eastwood's career is decades long and as such, his career shifts the trending attitudes of manliness from the gun slinging cowboy to the grizzled grandfather. "Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity" is a fascinating read, highly recommended.

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