Action figures [electronic resource] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / by Mark Gallagher.

By: Gallagher, Mark, 1968-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 234 pSubject(s): Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism | Men in motion pictures | Masculinity in motion pictures | Heroes in motion picturesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.43/655 LOC classification: PN1995.9.A3 | G35 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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