Gallagher, Mark,  1968- <br/><br/>
Action figures  men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives /  [electronic resource] : 
by Mark Gallagher. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2006. 
 - vi, 234 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Action and adventure films--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Men in motion pictures.<br/>Masculinity in motion pictures.<br/>Heroes in motion pictures.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.A3  / G35 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/655