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Action Figures : Men, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure Narratives /

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What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve McQueen, and Charlton Heston? Action genres have been Hollywood's most profitable global exports for mo...

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Main Author: Gallagher, Mark (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Film and Television Studies.
Gender Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Motion pictures and television.
Religion and culture.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve McQueen, and Charlton Heston? Action genres have been Hollywood's most profitable global exports for most of its history, their male heroes the subject of much fascination and derision. Bestselling literary thrillers, from The Hunt for Red October to Into Thin Air , have also contributed markedly to popular understandings of male activity. Action Figures takes stock of action narratives' many appeals and recognizes how contemporary crises of gender identity manifest themselves in popular commercial texts.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9781403977236
DOI:10.1057/9781403977236