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Gender and action films 2000 and beyond : transformations /
"Lying at the heart of the modern Action Cinema Canon is the concept of transformation. As the action genre evolves and shifts into the new millennia, innovative additions blend with nostalgic returns -- the move away from a male-dominated space to feature even more prominent female roles co-ex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley, UK:
Emerald Publishing,
2023.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Emerald studies in popular culture and gender.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Steven Gerrard and Renée Middlemost
- 1. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt : Virtuous masculinity and ageing heroes in geriaction cinema / Kelvin Ke Jinde
- 2. The art of making do : Ageing recent-to-action stars in Hollywood-style French action cinema / Glen Donnar
- 3. "Nothing is over. Nothing! You just don't switch it off!" : From First to Last : an analysis of Rambo / Steven Gerrard
- 4. The Charlie's Angels franchise : An analysis of six female action/crime characters from a feminist perspective / Juan-Pablo Osman and Nancy R. Gomez
- 5. Artificial feminism : Fan reaction to the representation of Captain Marvel / Natalie Le Clue and Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
- 6. "I've waited for him" : Laurie Strode's evolution from final girl to neoliberal militant in Halloween (2018) / Khara Lukancic
- 7. Is the future feminist? A reading of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Logan (2017) / Deepthi Krishna Thota
- 8. Metamodern vigilante narratives : Masculinity and trauma in Blue Ruin (2013) and You Were Never Really Here (2017) / Cain Miller
- 9. Sartorial femininity and the upset of female masculinity in Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey (2020) / Dany S. Girard
- 10. The queer female action spy hero in post-millennial American cinema / Claire Hines
- Conclusion / Renée Middlemost and Steven Gerrard.