Welcome to a special 1970s Masculinity and the Media-themed week from In Media Res. Please feel free to respond to the contributors’ comments.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, March 17, 2008 – Allison McCracken (DePaul University) presents: “‘The Most Gentle of Men’: Revising the Western Hero in NBC’s Centennial”

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 – Joe Wlodarz (University of Western Ontario) presents: ” Family Affairs: Gay Visibility and Hegemonic Masculinity in ’70s TV”

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 – Elana Levine (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) presents: ” Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist”

Thursday, March 20, 2008 – Greg Oguss (University of Southern California) presents: “Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver”

Friday, March 21, 2008 – Avi Santo (Old Dominion University) presents: “Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism”

Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment.

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