Mailer’s New Man

Differing Masculinities in Tough Guys Don’t Dance

Authors

  • Ashley M. Donnelly Ball State University Author

Keywords:

Tough Guys Don’t Dance, masculinity, Tim Madden, Mailer’s films, gender, film adaptation

Abstract

In Tough Guys Don’t Dance, Mailer brings to life the convoluted, conflicted, and controversial natures of men, interrogating their identities and pursuing a way of presenting a “new man” through his character of Tim Madden.

Author Biography

  • Ashley M. Donnelly, Ball State University

    Ashley Donnelly is an Associate Professor of Telecommunications at Ball State University. Her first book, Renegade Hero or Faux Rogue: The Secret Traditionalism of Television Bad Boys, was published by McFarland Press in May 2014. She publishes primarily on issues related to gender and contemporary American culture, and her work can be found in a variety of journals and edited collections on film and gender.

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Published

2016-09-28

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016): 10th Anniversary Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Donnelly, Ashley M. “Mailer’s New Man: Differing Masculinities in Tough Guys Don’t Dance”. The Mailer Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Sept. 2016, pp. 175–185, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/567.