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The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver
Thesis (MA (English))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
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2008
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| author | Pauw, Waldemar |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2674 The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver Pauw, Waldemar Hees, Edwin University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of English. Masculinity in motion pictures Masculinity -- United States Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) Violence in motion pictures Dissertations -- English literature Theses -- English literature Thesis (MA (English))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006. In this thesis, I examine the way in which Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver can be read as a critical investigation of post-World War II American masculinity. Drawing on Susan Faludi’s arguments regarding the post-World War II American ‘masculinity crisis’, I highlight specifically how Taxi Driver addresses American masculinity in the context of ideals of heroism, of the myth of the Wild West, of the Vietnam era, and of the increasingly influential role that the popular media play in shaping conceptions of masculinity. In the process I indicate that Taxi Driver exposes, and critiques, an association in modern American society between masculinity and what analysts have termed the ‘myth of regeneration through violence’. Masters 2008-11-18T09:11:57Z 2010-06-01T08:55:01Z 2008-11-18T09:11:57Z 2010-06-01T08:55:01Z 2006-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2674 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Masculinity in motion pictures Masculinity -- United States Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) Violence in motion pictures Dissertations -- English literature Theses -- English literature Pauw, Waldemar The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title | The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title_full | The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title_fullStr | The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title_full_unstemmed | The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title_short | The narcissistic masculinity of Travis Bickle : American "Reality" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| title_sort | narcissistic masculinity of travis bickle american reality in martin scorsese s taxi driver |
| topic | Masculinity in motion pictures Masculinity -- United States Taxi driver (Motion picture : 1976) Violence in motion pictures Dissertations -- English literature Theses -- English literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2674 |
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