Starter – on contrastsWith a partner discuss some of the contrasts you believe there are in the films REAR WINDOW and DISTURBIA. 3 mins123456

We are going to study 6 areas, can you think of 6???

Contrasts Context- 1950s v 2000s------ creates the climate for the messages and values Stars & Audiences Spectatorship Pervasive Technology in Disturbia Comment on Spectatorship in Rear Window Generic hybridity of Disturbia

The Perceived Crisis of Masculinity of the 1950 s′

The 1950 s in the United Sates were a period of radical change for men in the work ′place, as the Corporation rose to new heights, and the white-collar worker became commonplace. But social critics of that era saw this rise as terrible for the traditional idea of men as “masculine.” These voices of both popular culture and academia saw a problem with so many men discarding traditional blue-collar manliness in favour of the house in the suburbs, fancy car, and fine clothes.

The image of the mid-19th century man was re-negotiated, doing away with the rugged individualist idea of masculinity – to include characteristics connected to leisure and family, the new way of the men who worked office jobs at major corporations. Social commentators saw this change as a threat, to what they held as an important ideal of the 1950 s. Threat or no threat, the 1950 s were most ′ ′certainly a time where the concept of masculinity shifted based on the new rising type of work culture

1950sMcCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.

The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents.

McCarthyism

Understanding McCarthyism

How to spot a communist

Are you a commie or a citizen ?

Cold War Scare Film

Contrasts Context- 1950s v 2000s------ creates the climate for the messages and values Stars & Audiences Spectatorship Pervasive Technology in Disturbia Comment on Spectatorship in Rear Window Generic hybridity of Disturbia

Crisis of masculinity 2000sNow, the whole issue of men - the point of them, their purpose, their value, their justification - is a matter for public debate. Serious commentators declare that men are redundant, that women do not need them and children would be better off without them. At the beginning of the twenty-first century it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that men are in serious trouble. Throughout the world, developed and developing, antisocial behaviour is essentially male. Violence, sexual abuse of children, illicit drug use, alcohol misuse, gambling all are overwhelmingly male activities. The courts and prisons bulge with men. When it comes to aggression, delinquent behaviour, risk taking and social mayhem, men win gold.

Link to article on Masculinity

Post 9.11 Paranoia9.11 first moments

Homeland

Homeland Promo

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Rear Window

Opening Scene of ‘Rear Window’Curtains going up, spectating starts.

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Disturbia

Quotes[first lines]Kale: Do you think he sees us? Daniel Brecht: No, he can't see us. But trust me, he can feel us watching.

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