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Contemporary action cinema /
Action cinema is a popular and familiar form which reflects the cultural, industrial and historical landscape from which it emerges. Lisa Purse analyses the genre's pleasures and complexities in the light of both its cinematic history and the latest critical debates. Focussing on action cinema...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Action cinema is a popular and familiar form which reflects the cultural, industrial and historical landscape from which it emerges. Lisa Purse analyses the genre's pleasures and complexities in the light of both its cinematic history and the latest critical debates. Focussing on action cinema of the 2000s, this book explores issues of visual style, narrative, representation and the various contexts of production through a diverse series of case studies including Avatar (2009), Casino Royale (2006), The Hurt Locker (2008) and Banlieue 13 (2004). Providing a groundbreaking account of the way that the spectator engages with the action body and the action narrative, and including analyses of areas of representation that have seldom received sustained attention in the past, this comprehensive study is the perfect companion to modern action cinema. Key Features Provides wide-ranging analyses and interpretation of action cinema Discusses representations of heroism, gender and ethnicity Explores the spectator's embodied engagement with the action film Examines the effect of 9/11 and changes in US foreign policy |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index. Includes filmography (pages 203-211). |
| ISBN: | 9780748646128 0748646124 9780748688401 0748688404 0748670858 9780748670857 1283133199 9781283133197 9786613133199 6613133191 |