Bringing Up Daddy

Fatherhood and Masculinity in Postwar Hollywood

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by Stella Bruzzi

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

sociology, family, masculinity

Publishing date

2006

Publisher

BFI Publishing

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 234 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches (16 x 24.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

1-84457-110-6
978-1-84457-110-9

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Book Presentation:
The father is one of the central figures of Hollywood narrative. Despite this, this is the first book to examine cinematic representations of the father. Bringing Up Daddy offers a broad perspective on the Hollywood dad looking at important Hollywood fathers from World War II to the present and discusses films from a variety of genres.

The book looks at films decade by decade and adopts a multifaceted theoretical approach, making use of psychoanalysis, sociology and masculinity studies and contextualising the father figure within both Hollywood and American history.

Key films include: Since You Went Away, Teresa, The Search, Father of the Bride, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant, Home from the Hill, Cape Fear, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jaws, The Great Santini, Kramer vs. Kramer, Ordinary People, Die Hard, Terminator, Three Men and a Baby, Boyz n the Hood, Magnolia, Happiness and American Beauty. In its treatment of the father this unique study discusses why the father is such a seminal character in so many narratives and what he has come to symbolise and represent.

About the Author:
Stella Bruzzi is Professor of Film Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and her previous publications include Undressing Cinema: Clothing and Identity in the Movies, Routledge 1997; New Documentary: A Critical Introduction, Routledge 2000; Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations and Analysis (co-edited), Routledge 2000

See the publisher website: BFI Publishing