Download or read book Wounded Masculinity and the Search for (Father) Self in American Film written by Susan Mackey-Kallis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes popular American films that point to the need for father atonement, ego-decentering, and the resurrection of the lost feminine to heal gendered cultural wounds, while affirming the role of meaningful suffering, compassion, self-sacrifice and transcendence as an antidote to the inevitable woundedness of the human condition.