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Action figures [electronic resource] : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / by Mark Gallagher.

By:

Gallagher, Mark, 1968-

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 234 pSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

791.43/655 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.A3 G35 2006eb

Online resources:

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Contents:

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.

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Holdings: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10135724

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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