Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 240 pages
- Published by: Palgrave Macmillan January 19, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1403970122
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1403970121
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Book Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 13.4 ounces
Product Description
What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve McQueen, and Charlton Heston? Action genres have been Hollywood's most profitable global exports for most of its history, their male heroes the subject of much fascination and derision. Bestselling literary thrillers, from
The Hunt for Red October to
Into Thin Air, have also contributed markedly to popular understandings of male activity.
Action Figures takes stock of action narratives' many appeals and recognizes how contemporary crises of gender identity manifest themselves in popular commercial texts
About The Author
Mark Gallagher has taught at Ovberlin College, the University of Oregon, the University of Missouri, Georgia State University, and Oklahoma State University.
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