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200 10$aAction figures $emen, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives /$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
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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   $aHeroes in motion pictures
615  0$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.
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