Action and adventure cinema / / edited by Yvonne Tasker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TaskerYvonne <1964-> |
Soggetto topico | Action and adventure films - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-56494-5
0-203-68588-1 1-280-10275-6 0-203-64515-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION : ACTION AND ADVENTURE CINEMA; History, criticism and style; 'TRAUMA THRILLS': NOTES ON EARLY ACTION CINEMA; THE 'CULTURE WAR' OF SENSATIONAL MELODRAMA, 1910-14; 'CHILD OF COMM ERCE! BASTARD OF ART!':EARLY FILM MELODRAMA; ACTION-ADVENTURE AS HOLLYWOOD GENRE; DWIGHT MACDONALD AND THE HISTORICAL EPIC; Theorising action aesthetics; 'GET READY FOR RUSH HOUR': THE CHRONOTOPE IN ACTION; THE COLLAPSE OF REALITY AND ILLUSION IN THE MATRIX; GUNS AND GAS: INVESTIGATING THE 1970S CAR CHASE FILM
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN'S 'SPECIAL AFFECT'Gender, stars, bodies; READY FOR ACTION: G.I.JANE, DEMI MOORE'S BODY AND THE FEMALE COMBAT MOVIE; MS MACHA: THE NEW LATINA ACTION HERO; BEAUTY IN MOTION: GENDER, SPECTACLE AND ACTION BABE CINEMA; BREAKDOWN: WHITE MASCULINITY, CLASS, AND US ACTION-ADVENTU RE FILMS; MAXIMUS MELODRAMATICUS: MASCULINITY, MASOCHISM AND WHITE MALE PARANOIA IN CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD CINEMA; THE FAMILY IN ACTION; Nation, ethnicity and stardom; THE HONG KONG/HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION: STARDOM AND SPECTACLE IN TRANSNATIONAL ACTION C I NEMA; EUROPEANS IN ACTION! GREEK WAR FILM AS MELODRAMA: WOMEN, FEMALE STARS, AND THE NATION AS VICTIMSPAGHETTI WESTERN, GENRE CRITICISM AND NATIONAL CINEMA: RE-DEFINING THE FRAME OF REFERENCE; Action, authorship and industry; GENRE AND VIOLENCE IN THE WORK OF KUROSAWA AND PECKINPAH; THE DIRTY DOZEN: THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF SCREEN VIOLENCE; 'IT'S AIMED AT KIDS--THE KID IN EVERYBODY': GEORGE LUCAS, STAR WARS AND CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT; MAN'S FAVOURITE SPORT?: THE ACTION FILM S OF KATHRYN BIGELOW; 'THEY CALL ME ""ACTION WOMAN""': THE MARKETING OF MIMI LEDER AS A NEW CONCEPT IN THE HIGH CONCEPT 'ACTION' FILM; Index |
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Action and adventure cinema / / edited by Yvonne Tasker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Altri autori (Persone) | TaskerYvonne <1964-> |
Soggetto topico | Action and adventure films - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-134-56493-7
1-134-56494-5 0-203-68588-1 1-280-10275-6 0-203-64515-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION : ACTION AND ADVENTURE CINEMA; History, criticism and style; 'TRAUMA THRILLS': NOTES ON EARLY ACTION CINEMA; THE 'CULTURE WAR' OF SENSATIONAL MELODRAMA, 1910-14; 'CHILD OF COMM ERCE! BASTARD OF ART!':EARLY FILM MELODRAMA; ACTION-ADVENTURE AS HOLLYWOOD GENRE; DWIGHT MACDONALD AND THE HISTORICAL EPIC; Theorising action aesthetics; 'GET READY FOR RUSH HOUR': THE CHRONOTOPE IN ACTION; THE COLLAPSE OF REALITY AND ILLUSION IN THE MATRIX; GUNS AND GAS: INVESTIGATING THE 1970S CAR CHASE FILM
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN'S 'SPECIAL AFFECT'Gender, stars, bodies; READY FOR ACTION: G.I.JANE, DEMI MOORE'S BODY AND THE FEMALE COMBAT MOVIE; MS MACHA: THE NEW LATINA ACTION HERO; BEAUTY IN MOTION: GENDER, SPECTACLE AND ACTION BABE CINEMA; BREAKDOWN: WHITE MASCULINITY, CLASS, AND US ACTION-ADVENTU RE FILMS; MAXIMUS MELODRAMATICUS: MASCULINITY, MASOCHISM AND WHITE MALE PARANOIA IN CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD CINEMA; THE FAMILY IN ACTION; Nation, ethnicity and stardom; THE HONG KONG/HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION: STARDOM AND SPECTACLE IN TRANSNATIONAL ACTION C I NEMA; EUROPEANS IN ACTION! GREEK WAR FILM AS MELODRAMA: WOMEN, FEMALE STARS, AND THE NATION AS VICTIMSPAGHETTI WESTERN, GENRE CRITICISM AND NATIONAL CINEMA: RE-DEFINING THE FRAME OF REFERENCE; Action, authorship and industry; GENRE AND VIOLENCE IN THE WORK OF KUROSAWA AND PECKINPAH; THE DIRTY DOZEN: THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF SCREEN VIOLENCE; 'IT'S AIMED AT KIDS--THE KID IN EVERYBODY': GEORGE LUCAS, STAR WARS AND CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT; MAN'S FAVOURITE SPORT?: THE ACTION FILM S OF KATHRYN BIGELOW; 'THEY CALL ME ""ACTION WOMAN""': THE MARKETING OF MIMI LEDER AS A NEW CONCEPT IN THE HIGH CONCEPT 'ACTION' FILM; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784585303321 |
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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 |
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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->
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Action Figures : Men, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure Narratives / / by M. Gallagher |
Autore | Gallagher Mark <1968-> |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex
Culture Motion pictures Television broadcasting Ethnology Gender Studies Sociology of Culture Film and Television Studies Regional Cultural Studies |
ISBN |
9786611363604
9781281363602 128136360X 9781403977236 1403977232 |
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-9910960714203321 |
Gallagher Mark <1968->
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The Baroque Night [[electronic resource] /] / Spencer Golub |
Autore | Golub Spencer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Evanston, Illinois, : Northwestern University Press, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Soggetto topico |
Mind and reality
Reality in mass media Motion pictures - Philosophy Film noir - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-8101-3783-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Noir -- House -- Train -- D(r)ead -- Ipseity -- Habeas corpus. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793201103321 |
Golub Spencer
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Evanston, Illinois, : Northwestern University Press, 2018 | ||
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British crime cinema / / edited by Steve Chibnall and Robert Murphy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ChibnallSteve
MurphyRobert <1947-> |
Collana | British Popular Cinema |
Soggetto topico |
Gangster films - Great Britain - History and criticism
Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-70270-1
1-280-13902-1 9786610139026 0-203-97991-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Parole overdue; 2 The censors and British gangland, 1913-1990; 3 Spin a dark web; 4 Outrage: No Orchids For Miss Blandish; 5 Men, women and money; 6 The higher heel; 7 The emergence of the British tough guy; 8 Ordinary people; 9 Performance; 10 Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience, 23 September 1997; 11 A revenger's tragedy Get Carter; 12 Dog eat dog; 13 Space in the British crime film; 14 Allegorising the nation; 15 From underworld to underclass; Filmography, 1939-1997; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457359803321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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British crime cinema / / edited by Steve Chibnall and Robert Murphy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Collana | British Popular Cinema series |
Soggetto topico |
Gangster films - Great Britain - History and criticism
Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism |
ISBN |
9780203979914
0203979915 9781134702695 1134702698 9781134702701 1134702701 9781280139024 1280139021 9786610139026 6610139024 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Parole overdue; 2 The censors and British gangland, 1913-1990; 3 Spin a dark web; 4 Outrage: No Orchids For Miss Blandish; 5 Men, women and money; 6 The higher heel; 7 The emergence of the British tough guy; 8 Ordinary people; 9 Performance; 10 Mike Hodges discusses Get Carter with the NFT audience, 23 September 1997; 11 A revenger's tragedy Get Carter; 12 Dog eat dog; 13 Space in the British crime film; 14 Allegorising the nation; 15 From underworld to underclass; Filmography, 1939-1997; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784584903321 |
London ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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Career movies [[electronic resource] ] : American business and the success mystique / / Jack Boozer |
Autore | Boozer Jack <1944-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Soggetto topico |
Business in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-292-79652-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION 1 -- CHAPTER 1. THE CLASSICAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVE FILM 18 -- CHAPTER 2. THE EMERGENCE OF THE CAREER WOMAN 50 -- CHAPTER 3. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPULSE 95 -- CHAPTER 4. HUCKSTER FOREPLAY: THE PROMOTION INDUSTRY 146 -- CHAPTER 5. WORKING IN AMERICAN TELEVIRTUALITY 199 -- CONCLUSION 238 -- LIST OF FILM STILLS 251. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451953903321 |
Boozer Jack <1944->
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Career movies [[electronic resource] ] : American business and the success mystique / / Jack Boozer |
Autore | Boozer Jack <1944-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/655 |
Soggetto topico |
Business in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States |
ISBN | 0-292-79652-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION 1 -- CHAPTER 1. THE CLASSICAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVE FILM 18 -- CHAPTER 2. THE EMERGENCE OF THE CAREER WOMAN 50 -- CHAPTER 3. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPULSE 95 -- CHAPTER 4. HUCKSTER FOREPLAY: THE PROMOTION INDUSTRY 146 -- CHAPTER 5. WORKING IN AMERICAN TELEVIRTUALITY 199 -- CONCLUSION 238 -- LIST OF FILM STILLS 251. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777512903321 |
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