LEADER 03507nam 22008295 450 001 9910960714203321 005 20240307121453.0 010 $a9786611363604 010 $a9781281363602 010 $a128136360X 010 $a9781403977236 010 $a1403977232 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403977236 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(Perlego)3496244 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342693 100 $a20151222d2006 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAction Figures $eMen, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure Narratives /$fby M. Gallagher 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349531691 311 08$a1349531693 311 08$a9781403970121 311 08$a1403970122 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 $aSex 606 $aCulture 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aTelevision broadcasting 606 $aEthnology 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aSociology of Culture 606 $aFilm and Television Studies 606 $aRegional Cultural Studies 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 14$aGender Studies. 615 24$aSociology of Culture. 615 24$aFilm and Television Studies. 615 24$aRegional Cultural Studies. 676 $a791.43/655 700 $aGallagher$b Mark$f1968-$01791120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960714203321 996 $aAction Figures$94328016 997 $aUNINA