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Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives

Gallagher, Mark
Books, Manuscripts
Imprint:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Contents:
Introduction: popular representations of active masculinity since the late 1960s - Armchair thrills & the new adventurer - "I married Rambo": action, spectacle, & melodrama - Omega men: late 1960s & early 1970s action heroes - Airport fiction: the men of mass-market literature - Restaging heroic masculinity: Jackie Chan & the Hong Kong action film - Conclusion: the future of active masculinity
ISBN:
9781403970121
Dewey class:
791.43655
Language:
English
BRN:
40717
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
McNally CampusBA Film791.43655 GALAvailable
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