ABSTRACT

This article argues that Jon Hamm’s post-Mad Men persona critically engages contemporary critiques of hegemonic masculinity. In particular, it analyzes Hamm’s cameo roles to argue for a reflective masculine persona that deploys representational, comedic strategies to deconstruct hegemonic masculinity. The meta-commentary sitting across his performances calls for more fluid interpretations of performance and masculinity emerging in persona culture. Hamm’s persona points to a sometimes introspective, sometimes retrospective masculine persona connected to broader cultural patterns of self-scrutiny in popular masculinity that presents itself as progressive. I also align this reflective feature of Hamm’s persona with different contemporary masculinities in media texts that perform a similar kind of ‘taking stock’ and renarrativizations of hegemony.

摘要

本文认为乔恩·哈姆的后《广告狂人》形象批判性地参与了当代对霸权男性气质的批评。特别是，它分析了哈姆的客串角色，以主张反思性的男性角色，采用代表性的喜剧策略来解构霸权的男性气质。他的表演中的元评论要求对角色文化中出现的表演和男性气质进行更流畅的解释。哈姆的角色指向一种时而内省、时而回顾的男性角色，与大众男性气质中更广泛的自我审视文化模式相关，这种自我审视表现出进步的态度。我还将哈姆角色的这种反思性特征与媒体文本中不同的当代男性气质结合起来，这些文本执行了类似的“盘点”和霸权的重新叙述。