3. Men’s Soaps

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. White Masculinities and the Politics of Representation 1
5. Part I. 9-11/24-7. Affective Time and the War on Terror
6. 1. Jack Bauer’s Extraordinary Rendition 27
7. 2. Future Perfect 49
8. Part II. Embodying Difference
9. 3. Men’s Soaps 77
10. 4. “My Skin is it Startin’ to Work to my Benefit Now?” 101
11. Part III. Daddy’s Home
12. 5. The Fighting Irish 131
13. 6. Romancing the Nation 157
14. Notes 181
15. Bibliography 201
16. Index 213