03158nam 2200649Ia 450 991045056170332120200520144314.01-281-36360-X97866113636041-4039-7723-2(CKB)1000000000342693(SSID)ssj0000096851(PQKBManifestationID)11108981(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096851(PQKBWorkID)10113097(PQKB)10344559(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7723-6(MiAaPQ)EBC307561(Au-PeEL)EBL307561(CaPaEBR)ebr10135724(CaONFJC)MIL136360(OCoLC)560470799(EXLCZ)99100000000034269320050511d2006 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrAction figures[electronic resource] men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives /by Mark Gallagher1st ed.New York, N.Y. Palgrave Macmillanc20061 online resource (240 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-53169-3 1-4039-7012-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.Introduction : popular representations of active masculinity since the late 1960s -- 1. Armchair thrills and the new adventurer -- 2. "I married Rambo" : action, spectacle, and melodrama -- 3. Omega men : late 1960s and early 1970s action heroes -- 4. Airport fiction : the men of mass-market literature -- 5. Restaging heroic masculinity : Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong action film -- Conclusion : the future of active masculinity.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.Action and adventure filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMen in motion picturesMasculinity in motion picturesHeroes in motion picturesElectronic books.Action and adventure filmsHistory and criticism.Men in motion pictures.Masculinity in motion pictures.Heroes in motion pictures.791.43/655Gallagher Mark1968-933713MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450561703321Action figures2102048UNINA