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A brisk, humorous collection of essays that redefines the mythos of fatherhood depicted in film, television, and video games.
What do dads tell us about the world? Not your real dad, but dads in general. Dads are everywhere. Lurking in our movies, television shows, and video games. Spouting homespun wisdom and atrocious jokes, wallowing in might-have-beens and back-in-my-days, or rigidly defending the status quo. These fictional dads fuel a myth of fatherhood. What is that myth trying to tell us? And what is it trying to sell us?
Dad Bod is a clever, riveting collection of essays about father figures in popular culture. From Gandalf to Homer Simpson, Die Hard to The Mandalorian, these essays unpack the tropes that inform our collective image of fatherhood. Follow Cian Cruise, newly minted dad, as he riffs on the stereotypes and lore of fatherhood, traces a contemporary art history of dads in popular culture, and journeys to the heart of dadness to become a better father.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Contents
Contents
Prologue
Part One: Foundations
By Way of Introduction
404 Dad Not Found
Foreword, Afterword, Side-to-Sideword
Part Two: The Good, the Dad, and the Ugly
The Absent Heart of Robin Williams
Rambo's Big Tantrum
The Sitcom Dad
The Distant Driven Dad
Major Dad
A Litany of Bad Dads
Part Three: Tales of Adventure
'Ware the Wanderer
Enter Pappas
The Wanderers Return
Interlude: Gandalf vs. Obi-Wan
Dads of Destiny
Part Four: Children's Television
Humbled by a Dog
Part Five: The End
Die, Die-Hard, or the Die Hard Dilemma
Down for the Count
A Dad Becoming



