Action Figures
副标题: Men, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure Narratives
ISBN: 9781403970121
出版社: Palgrave Macmillan
出版年: 2006-02-05
页数: 256
定价: USD 80.00
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
Product Description
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
Book Description
Action genres have been Hollywood's most profitable global exports for most of its history, and their male heroes the subject of much fascination and derision. Bestselling literary thrillers have also contributed markedly to popular understandings of male activity. Gallagher takes stock of action narratives' many appeals and recognizes how contemporary crises of gender identity manifest themselves in popular commercial texts.