Overview

One of FX's most successful original productions, Sons of Anarchy roared onto the screen in 2008 and dominated the cable network's programming for seven seasons. Following an outlaw motorcycle club on its Shakespearean journey, the series took audiences on a wild ride powered by a high-octane brand of masculinity. This collection of new essays explores the show's complicated presentation of masculinity and its cultural implications. Series creator and writer Kurt Sutter depicts male characters who act from a highly traditional sense of what it means to be a man. SOA both vaunts and challenges that sense of manhood as the characters face the consequences of their ride-or-die lifestyle.

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Author:   Susan Fanetti
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.231kg
ISBN:  

9781476671918

ISBN 10:   1476671915
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   02 March 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction. The Hypermasculine World of Sons of Anarchy (Susan Fanetti) Part 1. Institutions of Influence: Hegemony and Identity “Bros Before Hoes”: Violence Against Women in the Name of “Bromosociality” (Shawna Marks) Leather Is Thicker Than Blood: Institutional and Hegemonic Masculinity (Jamieson Ryan) Cynical Tolerance: Gender, Race and Fraternal Fears (Christian Jimenez) The Sins of the Father(s): Masculine Identity as Poisoned Inheritance (Jamie L. Brummer) Part 2. Shapes of Influence: Culture and Narrative Incapable of His Own Distress: Genderbending Ophelia (Jessica Walker) Motorcycle Monasticism: Masculine Religiosity in MC Culture (Jossalyn G. Larson) Compilation Score and ­Trans-Diegetic Music: How Music Helps Give Voice to the Voiceless (Jessica Shine) Part 3. No Seat at the Table: Outliers in SAMCRO’s World Lover, Killer, Father, Friend: The Complex Case of Nero Padilla (Andrew Howe) Nero’s Frontier: Western and Latino Masculinity, Fatherhood and Family (Monica Montelongo Flores) The Performative Crisis of Otto Delaney: Destruction, ­Dematerialization and Masculine Identity (Susan Fanetti) Part 4. Transgressing Brotherhood: Tig and Venus Attempting Redemption with Tig and Venus (Laurie Norris) Riding Crisscross: Venus Van Dam and the Politics of Transgender Representation (Peter Nagy) About the Contributors Index

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Susan Fanetti is a professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, where she serves as Coordinator of the English Education program and teaches courses in teaching English Language Arts and in American literature, genre literature, composition, and popular culture. Her scholarship tends to explore the intersections of teaching and popular culture.

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