Article published in:
Aproximació a l'altre / An approach to the other: Biografies, semblances i retrats / Biographies, resemblances and portraits
Edited by Enric Balaguer, Maria Jesús Francés and Vicent Vidal
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 11] 2015
► pp. 33–40

Dissidence and market

Masculinity in pop-rock biopics

Homosexual and women’s liberation in the sixties helped reshape established masculinity, although the alleged alternative maleness is still currently under discussion. Since we live in a consumer society, some scholars label this new masculinity commercial; they regard it as a mixture of two previous prototypes that emerged from counterculture: the nurturer and the narcissistic man. Music stars remain one of the best examples of how traditional male identity is hit by a historic crisis. Rock-pop biopics basically reproduce the same prototypes about male music stars that the media have developed over the years: the rebellious sensitive young man. They actually show how hegemonic masculinity has broken down but not reached a stable definition yet.
Published online: 02 December 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.11.05mae
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