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Tough Guise
Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Featuring Jackson Katz, Directed by Sut Jhally
(1999)
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Logistical Information
Biographical Summary
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Summary:
While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century.
In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity.
This exciting new media literacy tool-- utilizing racially diverse subject matter and examples-- will enlighten and provoke students (both males and females) to evaluate their own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity.
Logistical Information:
Executive Producer & Director Sut Jhally
Written by Jackson Katz & Jeremy Earp
Produced by Susan Ericsson & Sanjay Talreja
Edited by Sut Jhally, Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja & Jeremy Smith
Tough Guise is organized into two parts to aid facilitation of discussion and viewing. (Tough Guise is, however, a single videocassette/DVD.)
Part One: Understanding Violent Masculinity Introduction / Degendering Violence / Upping the Ante / Backlash / The Tough Guise
Part Two: Violent Masculinity in Action The School Shootings / Constructing Violent Masculinity / Violent Sexuality / Invulnerability / Vulnerability / Better Men
NOTE: A 57-minute abridged version, with less historical context and verbal profanity, is recommended for high school audiences.
Biographical Summary:
Jackson Katz (Ed.M., Harvard) is a former all-star football player who was the first man at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to earn a minor in women's studies. He is the founder and director of MVP Strategies, an organization that provides gender violence prevention training to colleges, high schools, professional and college sports teams, community groups, corporations, and the U.S. Military (including the first world-wide program in the history of the Marine Corps). He has lectured at hundreds of schools and colleges across the nation.
www.jacksonkatz.com
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