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Action figures [[electronic resource] ] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Action figures [[electronic resource] ] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Autore Gallagher Mark <1968->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/655
Soggetto topico Action and adventure films - United States - History and criticism
Men in motion pictures
Masculinity in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-36360-X
9786611363604
1-4039-7723-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910450561703321
Gallagher Mark <1968->  
New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
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Action figures [[electronic resource] ] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Action figures [[electronic resource] ] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Autore Gallagher Mark <1968->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/655
Soggetto topico Action and adventure films - United States - History and criticism
Men in motion pictures
Masculinity in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
ISBN 1-281-36360-X
9786611363604
1-4039-7723-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784158703321
Gallagher Mark <1968->  
New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
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Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / / by Mark Gallagher
Autore Gallagher Mark <1968->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/655
Soggetto topico Action and adventure films - United States - History and criticism
Men in motion pictures
Masculinity in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
ISBN 1-281-36360-X
9786611363604
1-4039-7723-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826411903321
Gallagher Mark <1968->  
New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006
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Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / / Maria Garcia
Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / / Maria Garcia
Autore Garcia Maria <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/653
791.43653
Soggetto topico Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Animals in motion pictures
ISBN 1-4422-4697-9
1-4422-4698-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Framing the Beast of Individuation; Chapter 2. A Woman's Beast: The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3. The Male Quest: When the Hero Doesn't Get "The Girl"; Chapter 4. Love Affairs with the Beast: Two Women of Screwball Comedy; Chapter 5. The Beast of the Diamond; Chapter 6. The Child's Quest: A First Glimpse of Mortality; Chapter 7. Catherine Breillat and the Fairy Tale Quest as "Passage"; Chapter 8. Robert Bresson and the Feminine Face of God; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788019303321
Garcia Maria <1953->  
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
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Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / / Maria Garcia
Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / / Maria Garcia
Autore Garcia Maria <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/653
791.43653
Soggetto topico Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Animals in motion pictures
ISBN 1-4422-4697-9
1-4422-4698-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Framing the Beast of Individuation; Chapter 2. A Woman's Beast: The Silence of the Lambs; Chapter 3. The Male Quest: When the Hero Doesn't Get "The Girl"; Chapter 4. Love Affairs with the Beast: Two Women of Screwball Comedy; Chapter 5. The Beast of the Diamond; Chapter 6. The Child's Quest: A First Glimpse of Mortality; Chapter 7. Catherine Breillat and the Fairy Tale Quest as "Passage"; Chapter 8. Robert Bresson and the Feminine Face of God; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815494103321
Garcia Maria <1953->  
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Mackey-Kallis
The hero and the perennial journey home in American film [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Mackey-Kallis
Autore Mackey-Kallis Susan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/652
Soggetto topico Home in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Myth in motion pictures
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-21061-4
9786613210616
0-8122-0013-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Mythological criticism -- pt. 2. Mythological criticism in sociohistorical context -- pt. 3. Synthesis.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457843903321
Mackey-Kallis Susan  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Mackey-Kallis
The hero and the perennial journey home in American film [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Mackey-Kallis
Autore Mackey-Kallis Susan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/652
Soggetto topico Home in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Myth in motion pictures
Soggetto non controllato American History
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Literature
Media Studies
ISBN 1-283-21061-4
9786613210616
0-8122-0013-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Mythological criticism -- pt. 2. Mythological criticism in sociohistorical context -- pt. 3. Synthesis.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781730203321
Mackey-Kallis Susan  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film / / Susan Mackey-Kallis
The hero and the perennial journey home in American film / / Susan Mackey-Kallis
Autore Mackey-Kallis Susan
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/652
Soggetto topico Home in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Myth in motion pictures
Soggetto non controllato American History
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Literature
Media Studies
ISBN 1-283-21061-4
9786613210616
0-8122-0013-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Mythological criticism -- pt. 2. Mythological criticism in sociohistorical context -- pt. 3. Synthesis.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910828342503321
Mackey-Kallis Susan  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001
Materiale a stampa
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Heroism as a global phenomenon in contemporary culture / / edited by Barbara Korte, Simon Wendt, Nicole Falkenhayner
Heroism as a global phenomenon in contemporary culture / / edited by Barbara Korte, Simon Wendt, Nicole Falkenhayner
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : Routledge, , 2019
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (258 pages)
Disciplina 302.2308
Collana Routledge studies in cultural history
Soggetto topico Heroes in mass media
Heroes in popular culture
Heroes in motion pictures
Courage in mass media
Courage in popular culture
Courage in motion pictures
ISBN 0-429-55337-4
0-429-26278-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : studying heroism from a global perspective / Barbara Korte and Simon Wendt -- "Like a cinema when the last of the audience has gone and only the staff remain" : Biggles and (post-)imperial heroism / Michael Goodrum -- Y'a bon? : popularizing the tirailleurs as heroes of (anti-)colonialism / Konstanze N'Guessan and Mareike Späth -- Princess of a different kingdom : cultural imperialism, female heroism, and the global performance of Walt Disney's Mulan and Moana / Sotirios Mouzakis -- One hero fits all? : cultural translations in Doctor Strange (2016) as "global hero" movie / Nicole Falkenhayner and Maria-Xenia Hardt -- Zashchitniki (Guardians) : a failed Russian-Soviet answer to Superman and Batman / Dietmar Neutatz -- "This beast in the shape of a man" : right-wing populism, white masculinity, and the transnational heroization of Donald Trump / Michael Butter -- Axe and helmet : the widening range of New York firefighters as (super-)heroes / Wolfgang Hochbruck -- Unlikely tragic (anti-)heroes : gangsters translated into Hindi films / Sugata Nandi -- Heroism and the pleasure and pain of mistranslation : the case of the act of killing / Ariel Heryanto -- Shaolin martial arts heroes in industrial Hong Kong : between colonialism, postcolonialism and globalism / Ricardo K. S. Mak -- Interhuman. interspecies. global : heroism in Wes Anderson's Isle of dogs (2018) / Ulrike Zimmermann -- Global heroism as a discursive tradition : a critical response / Ken Chitwood.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910758490603321
London : , : Routledge, , 2019
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Hollywood 9/11 : superheroes, supervillains, and super disasters / / Tom Pollard
Hollywood 9/11 : superheroes, supervillains, and super disasters / / Tom Pollard
Autore Pollard Tom (Leslie Thomas)
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (225 p.)
Disciplina 791.43/655
Soggetto topico Violence in motion pictures
Heroes in motion pictures
Villains in motion pictures
Psychic trauma in motion pictures
Terrorism in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-317-25812-6
1-315-63413-9
1-317-25811-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Shock; December 7, 1941; Violence; Post-9/11 Emotions; Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome; Hollywood's Initial Reactions; 2 Grief; Television Films and Documentaries; Conspiracy Theories; War on Terror; Satire; 3 Horror; Early Horror Films; Post-9/11 Horror; Vampires; Horror at the Box Office; 4 Rage; World War II: The Good War; Vietnam: The Bad War; Post-9/11 Vietnam; Afghanistan; Distant Wars; Ancient Rage; Return of the Good War; 5 Vengeance; Early Superheroes; Post-9/11 Superheroes; Supervillains
Science and TechnologyCyborgs; Shape-Shifters; Psychics; Echolocation; Supervigilantes; Satire; Revenge; 6 Terror; Thrillers; Pre-9/11 Terrorists; Post-9/11 Terrorists; Domestic Terrorists; Revenge; Serial Killers; Femmes Fatales; 7 Paranoia; Apocalypse; Pre-9/11 Science Fiction; Post-9/11 Science Fiction; Computer-Generated Imagery; Conspiracy; Super Disasters; 8 Post-9/11 Hollywood; Vampires; Rage; Supervillains; Super Disasters; Repressed Superheroes; Terror; Demonized Politicians; Rogue Corporations; Religion; Special Effects; Post-9/11 Heroes; Post-9/11 Neonoir; Blurred Genres; Vietnam
Post-9/11 StyleThe Age of Paranoia; Future Trends; Notes; Selected Filmography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460742403321
Pollard Tom (Leslie Thomas)  
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
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