The American Father Onscreen: A Post-Jungian Perspective - Paperback

by Toby Reynolds (Author)

Analysing the role that Hollywood plays in depicting fathers and their relationships with their children and American society, the American Father Onscreen concludes that Hollywood presents the American paternal as crucial to the construction of US society and consequently, American cultural myths, such as the American Dream.

Author Biography

Toby Reynolds is an independent scholar working in the fields of post-Jungian cultural perspectives, film theory, gender studies and cult cinema. He is also a curator and podcaster and has a preference for vintage leather jackets.