Provides a history of masculinity in British films from World War II onwards. The study explores in detail the changing nature of the dominant male cultural typ... » 

Provides a history of masculinity in British films from World War II onwards. The study explores in detail the changing nature of the dominant male cultural types: the debonair gentleman; the Byronic hero; the Angry Young Man; the delinquent; the maladjusted veteran; villains; and comic fools. «