Gallagher, Mark, 1968-
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Action and adventure films--History and criticism.--United States
Men in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Heroes in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.A3 / G35 2006eb
791.43/655
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Action and adventure films--History and criticism.--United States
Men in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Heroes in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.A3 / G35 2006eb
791.43/655