LEADER 03158nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450561703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36360-X 010 $a9786611363604 010 $a1-4039-7723-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342693 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108981 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10113097 035 $a(PQKB)10344559 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7723-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307561 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307561 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135724 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136360 035 $a(OCoLC)560470799 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342693 100 $a20050511d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAction figures$b[electronic resource] $emen, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives /$fby Mark Gallagher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, N.Y. $cPalgrave Macmillan$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-53169-3 311 $a1-4039-7012-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aWhat 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. 606 $aAction and adventure films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMen in motion pictures 606 $aMasculinity in motion pictures 606 $aHeroes in motion pictures 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMen in motion pictures. 615 0$aMasculinity in motion pictures. 615 0$aHeroes in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/655 700 $aGallagher$b Mark$f1968-$0933713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450561703321 996 $aAction figures$92102048 997 $aUNINA