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UNINA9910790285103321 |
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Smith Jacob |
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The Thrill Makers : Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance / / Jacob Smith |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49202-3 |
9786613587251 |
0-520-95236-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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306.0973 |
791.4302 |
791.43028092 |
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Soggetti |
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Daredevils - United States - History |
Daredevils -- United States -- History |
Stunt performers - United States - History |
Stunt performers -- United States -- History |
Stunt performers -- United States |
Stunt performers |
Stunt performers - History - United States |
Daredevils - History - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Adventures of the Bridge Jumper -- Chapter 2. The Adventures of the Human Fly -- Chapter 3. The Adventures of the Lion Tamer -- Chapter 4. The Adventures of the Aeronaut -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats-jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or |
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doing tricks with wild animals-had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In The Thrill Makers, Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture. |
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