Formations of Masculinity in Post-Communist Hungarian Cinema

The first book-length study on post-communist Hungarian cinema and masculinities

Offers an in-depth analysis of male figures in Hungarian cinema and the identity-politics of post-communism

Explores post-communist cinema and its masculinities in a wide social, cultural and historical perspective

Autorentext

György Kalmár is Reader in film and cultural studies at the Department of British Studies of the University of Debrecen, Hungary. His main teaching and research areas include literary and cultural theory, contemporary Hungarian film, gender studies, and British literature. He has published extensively in the above mentioned fields.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The labyrinth principle: Figures of entrapment in Hungarian art-house cinema.- 3. Historical ruptures and ironic masculinities. (Moscow Square. Ferenc Török, 2001).- 4. Men on the margins of history. (Hukkle. György Pálfi, 2002).- 5. Just the Wind. Benedek Fliegauf, 2012).- 9. Conclusions.