A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the representation ofmasculinities in a wide range of popular television genres. Rebecca Feaseyreads the depictio... » 

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the representation ofmasculinities in a wide range of popular television genres. Rebecca Feaseyreads the depiction of masculinity in the soap opera homosexuality in thesituation comedy fatherhood in primetime animation emerging manhood in thesupernatural teen text alternative gender roles in science fiction maleauthority in police procedurals masculine anxieties in the hospital dramaviolence and aggression in sports coverage ordinariness and emotionalconnectedness in the reality game show and domesticity in lifestyletelevision. Masculinity and Popular Television illuminates the constructioncirculation and interrogation of masculinities in contemporary British andAmerican programming and realtes such images to the common sense model of thehegemonic male that dominates the cultural landscape. «