Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era
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Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era

by Susan Jeffords

History Cultural Studies Film Studies
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A study of 1980s Hollywood films and their reflection of changing ideals of masculinity during the Reagan era.

ISBN-13 9780813520032 ASIN 0813520037 Views 161 Publisher Rutgers University Press Year 1993 Edition None Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 224 Created February 22, 2026 Updated August 16, 2026
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Hard Bodies examines the portrayal of masculinity in American cinema during the 1980s.

The book connects these cinematic images to the political and cultural climate of the Reagan administration.

It analyzes how popular films contributed to shifting ideas about gender and national identity.

Academic discussion is grounded in close readings of major motion pictures from the period.

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