1. [n]  the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
2. [n]  the properties characteristic of the male sex

Masculinity
Lehman brings together new work on masculinity in film by established film scholars, new academics, performance artists, and cultural critics. The essays analyze such trends as the role of gay men in saving heterosexuality, the emergence of the new queer cinema, the prevalence of the melodramatic penis in current film, the resurgence of white masculinity, masculinity in World War II films, and the relationship between nationhood and the male body in 1990s Canadian cinema.

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