Neal King

Projects:

I study the ways in which people make use of media violence and concepts of agency. Using various data, from public commentaries and survey data to the content of film genres, I show how filmmakers use media violence to advance their careers; evangelical Christians use it to draw moral lines; young men use sexual violence to bond with each other affirm their authority and status over their victims; and rape educators use media violence to undermine that male power. Also, I and Toni Calasanti research expressions of ageism and agency in popular and academic culture.

Research interests:

Social Inequality (masculinity among old men)
Culture (production of genres; gendered violence in film and television)
Social Theory (scholarly and lay concepts of agency and empowerment, micro & macro)

Selected Publications:

Books

Martha McCaughey and Neal King (Eds.). Reel Knockouts: Violent Women in the Movies. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001.

Neal King. Heroes in Hard Times: Cop Action Movies in the U.S. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.

Articles and Chapters

Neal King. “Secret Agency: Elements of postmodernism in mainstream cinema,” Postmodern Culture 18, 3 (2009).

Neal King and Toni Calasanti. “Aging Agents: Scholarly imputations of empowerment.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Winter 2009.

Neal King. “Generic Womanhood: Gendered depictions in cop action cinema,” Gender & Society 22, 2(2008): 238-60.

Neal King. “Mediated Ritual on Academic Ground,” Fast Capitalism, 3, 1(2007): http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/3_1/king.html.

Toni M. Calasanti & Neal King. “'Beware of the Estrogen Assault': Ideals of Old Manhood in Anti-aging Advertisements” Journal of Aging Studies, 21, 4(2007)

Toni M. Calasanti & Neal King. “Taking Women's Work 'Like a Man': Husbands’ Experiences of Care Work,” The Gerontologist, 47, 4(2007): 516-27.

Toni M. Calasanti, Kate Slevin, and Neal King. "Ageism and Feminism" NWSA Journal, Spring 2006

Neal King. “The Lengthening List: Age relations in political economy.” In Toni Calasanti & Kathleen Slevin, eds., Age Matters: Re-aligning Feminist Thinking. NY: Routledge. 2006.

Neal King and Toni Calasanti. “Empowering the Old: Age relations and anti-aging in a global context.” In Jan Baars, Chris Phillipson, Dale Dannefer, and Alan Walker, eds., Aging, Globalisation and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology. NY: Baywood. 2005.

Toni M. Calasanti and Neal King. “Firming the Floppy Penis: Old Men, age relations, and popular culture,” Men and Masculinities, 8, 1(2005): 3-23.

Neal King. “Dead End Days: The sacrifice of displaced workers on film,” Journal of Film and Video 56, 2(2004): 32-44.

Neal King. “Truth At Last: Evangelical communities embrace The Passion of The Christ.” In S. Brent Plate, ed., Re-Viewing the Passion: Mel Gibson’s Film and Its Critics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 187-201.

Neal King. “Knowing Women: Straight men and sexual certainty,” Gender & Society 17, 6(2003): 861-77.

Neal King. “Brownskirts: Fascism, Christianity, and the eternal demon.” In James South, ed., Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy. New York: Open Court Press, 2003, 197-211.

Neal King. “Out in the Cold.” In Gary Goshgarian, ed., The Contemporary Reader, 7th edition, 477-84. New York: Longman, 2002.

Neal King & Martha McCaughey. In Martha McCaughey & Neal King, eds, "What's a Mean Woman Like You Doing in a Movie Like This?" Reel Knockouts. University of Texas Press, 2001.

Neal King. “Date Rape.” In Clifton Bryant, ed., Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. New York: Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2000, 289-91.

 

 

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