03507nam 22008295 450 991096071420332120240307121453.097866113636049781281363602128136360X9781403977236140397723210.1057/9781403977236(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(Perlego)3496244(EXLCZ)99100000000034269320151222d2006 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrAction Figures Men, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure Narratives /by M. Gallagher1st ed. 2006.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2006.1 online resource (240 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781349531691 1349531693 9781403970121 1403970122 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.SexCultureMotion picturesTelevision broadcastingEthnologyGender StudiesSociology of CultureFilm and Television StudiesRegional Cultural StudiesSex.Culture.Motion pictures.Television broadcasting.Ethnology.Gender Studies.Sociology of Culture.Film and Television Studies.Regional Cultural Studies.791.43/655Gallagher Mark1968-1791120MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960714203321Action Figures4328016UNINA03274nam 22005651 450 991056818600332120250224172618.09789004504271900450427310.1163/9789004504271(CKB)5700000000083551(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81808(MiAaPQ)EBC31218818(Au-PeEL)EBL31218818(nllekb)BRILL9789004504271(oapen)doab81808(EXLCZ)99570000000008355120220201d2022 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions /Ahmad Al-JalladFirst edition.Brill2022Leiden;Boston :Brill,2022.1 electronic resource (164 pages)Ancient Languages and Civilizations ;19789004504264 9004504265 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Sigla -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Religion and the Inscriptions of the Pre-Islamic Nomads: From Thamudic B to Safaitic -- 2 Scope and Methodology -- 2 Rites -- 1 Animal Sacrifice -- 2 Erection of the nṣb Stone -- 3 The Ritual Shelter -- 4 The Pilgrimage -- 5 Ritual Purity -- 6 Offerings -- 7 Vows and Oaths -- 8 Sacred Water -- 3 Divinities and Their Roles in the Lives of Humans -- 1 Location of the Deities -- 2 The Gadds -- 3 The Gods and Their Worshippers -- 4 Sin, Obedience, and Repentance? -- 5 Malignant Magic -- 4 Fate -- 5 Afterlife -- 1 Burial Installations -- 2 Invoking the Names of the Dead -- 6 Visual Representation of Deities and the Divine World -- 7 Amplification and Why Write -- 8 Worldview-A Reconstruction -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Divinities -- Appendix 2: Previously Unpublished Inscriptions -- Bibliography -- Index.This book approaches the religion and rituals of the pre-Islamic Arabian nomads using the Safaitic inscriptions. Unlike Islamic-period literary sources, this material was produced by practitioners of traditional Arabian religion; the inscriptions are eyewitnesses to the religious life of Arabian nomads prior to the spread of Judaism and Christianity across Arabia. The author attempts to reconstruct this world using the original words of its inhabitants, interpreted through comparative philology, pre-Islamic and Islamic-period literary sources, and the archaeological context.Ancient Languages and Civilizations ;1.A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic InscriptionsReligionPhilosophyReligionReligionStudy and teachingReligionPhilosophy.Religion.ReligionStudy and teaching.210Al-Jallad Ahmad1111062NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910568186003321The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia3027569UNINA