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Action figures

by Gallagher, Mark,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Palgrave Macmillan, (New York, N.Y. :) Physical details: vi, 234 p.
Subject(s): Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism. | Men in motion pictures. | Masculinity in motion pictures. | Heroes in motion pictures. | Electronic books.
Year: 2006
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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.

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