The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tasker, Yvonne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Action and Adventure as Genre
  • Theories of Genre: Author, Icon and Industry
  • Theorizing Genre History: Evolution and Industry
  • Action: Elements of Genre
  • Action and/or Adventure
  • Hybrid Genres
  • Chapter 2 Action and Adventure: Historical and Cultural Overview
  • Cut to the Chase: Action in Early and Silent Cinema
  • Action and Adventure in the Studio Era
  • World War II and Post-War Action
  • Action and Adventure in the "New Hollywood"
  • Action Cinema: Violence, Spectacle
  • Chapter 3 Critical Perspectives on Action and Adventure
  • Action Aesthetics: Exhilaration and Destruction
  • Adventure Cinema: Narrative, Space and Time
  • The Cultural Politics of Action
  • Race and Action-Adventure Cinema
  • Women in Action: Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Agency
  • Postmodern Action
  • Chapter 4 Silent Spectacle and Classical Adventure: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Adventure Spectacle in Silent Hollywood: The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
  • Classical Adventure: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 War, Violence and the American Action Hero: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Hell is for Heroes (1962)
  • John Wayne, Outsider Masculinity and The Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Hell is for Heroes: Violence, Heroism and the "Dirty" War Films of the 1960s
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 Violence and Urban Action: Dirty Harry (1971)
  • Action and the Urban Environment
  • The Vigilante Hero: Myths of Redemptive Violence
  • Conclusion: Action Masculinity
  • Chapter 7 Nostalgic Adventure and Recycled Culture: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark: Adventure Cinema and Historical Pastiche
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Theme Park Cinema
  • Chapter 8 Action Blockbusters in the 1980s: Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988)
  • Rambo, the Vietnam Veteran and Masculinity in 1980s Action
  • Die Hard, the Everyman Hero and Spaces of Action
  • Chapter 9 Global and Postmodern Action: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Kill Bill (2003)
  • Transnational Action: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Postmodern Action: Kill Bill
  • Chapter 10 Espionage Action: The Bourne Identity (2002) and Salt (2010)
  • Action Hero as No-Man: The Bourne Identity
  • The Female Spy in Espionage Action: Salt
  • Chapter 11 Superhero Action Cinema: X-Men (2000) and The Avengers (2012)
  • Mutants and Others: X-Men
  • Superhero Spectacle: The Avengers
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • EULA

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