The celluloid cubicle: Constructions of masculinity in 1990s office movies

This thesis describes the connections between the popular 1990s American men's movement and the simultaneous emergence of a new, previously unrecognized sub-genre of films. These films---referred to as "office movies"---highlight the complex relationship between the popular pedagogy of film and public sentiment. Building on the large body of work devoted to the study of gender representation in film, this thesis makes a new space within cultural studies and film studies by addressing the concomitant representations of late capitalism and gender in 1990s office movies, and charts the degree to which these office movies mark a departure from previous cinematic representations of gender and power.