{"product_id":"cosmosexuals-screen-acting-stardom-and-male-sex-appeal-hardback-9781477332832","title":"Cosmosexuals; Screen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal (Hardback) 9781477332832","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScreen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Gallagher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477332832, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 30 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Analyzing “sex appeal” in terms of performance, \u003ci\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights into male stardom and acting. Mark Gallagher explores how actors from around the world convey sensuality, charisma, magnetism, and cosmopolitan allure in performances across their careers. Both thought-provoking and provocative, \u003ci\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/i\u003e is an invigorating and illuminating read.\" - Chris Holmlund, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, author of \u003ci\u003eFemale Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An ambitious and compelling project, \u003ci\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/i\u003e explores a remarkably diverse array of male stars across eras, national contexts, media forms, and genres. Through well-selected case studies and thoughtfully developed arguments, Mark Gallagher has made a significant contribution that researchers and students will find invaluable.\" - Sabrina Qiong Yu, Newcastle University, author of \u003ci\u003eJet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Stardom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of male screen sex appeal and the ways that race, ethnicity, and national origin combine with performance tools and film and television style to aid or inhibit actors’ circulation on an increasingly global stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sex appeal is complicated, especially for screen actors. Looking good is not enough. Charisma and charm have to register when the camera rolls. And sexiness has to travel. Today’s heartthrobs are expected to raise temperatures all around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes male sex appeal as a form of capital in an age of international stardom. Screen scholar Mark Gallagher assembles a diverse cast - Idris Elba, Pedro Pascal, Simu Liu, Ryan Gosling, and more-analyzing how each actor uses his appearance, voice, and movement to perform in ways that viewers across cultural divides register as sexually appealing. \u003ci\u003eCosmosexuals\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the intersection of global sex appeal and exoticism in historical and contemporary contexts-from the malleable racial identities of Omar Sharif and Conrad Veidt to Mads Mikkelsen’s “accented whiteness”-and assesses the barriers that confine nonwhite actors, in spite of their talent or celebrity. Far more than handsome faces and chiseled abs, male sex symbols emerge as laborers subject to disciplinary regimes steeped in patriarchy, racism, and structural inequity. As such, they have much to tell us about the economies of taste at work in the construction of screen masculinity and the terms of human desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introducing Screen Cosmosexuals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Male Modeling: Sex Appeal and Screen Performance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Sexy Cosmopolitans in Global Film History \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Fifty Shades of Vanilla: Spreadable Stardom and the Persistence of White Men \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Charismatic Latinos on Transnational Screens \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Tony Leung and Simu Liu: Acting Sexy Across the East Asian Diaspora \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Star of Elsewhere: Mads Mikkelsen’\u003cbr\u003es Accented Whiteness \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. Idris Elba and Afro-Global Stardom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681692643608,"sku":"9781477332832","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cosmosexuals-screen-acting-stardom-and-male-sex-appeal-hardback-9781477332832","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}