216 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
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Routledge
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While films such as Rambo, Thelma and Louise and Basic Instinct have operated as major points of cultural reference in recent years, popular action cinema remains neglected within contemporary film criticism. Spectacular Bodies unravels the complexities and pleasures of a genre often dismissed as `obvious' in both its pleasure and its politics, arguing that these controversial films should... Read more
Chapter 1 Women Warriors; Chapter 2 Black Buddies and White Heroes; Chapter 3 New Hollywood, Genre and the Action Cinema; Chapter 4 Tough Guys and Wise-Guys; Chapter 5 Masculinity, Politics and National Identity; Chapter 6 The Body in Crisis or The Body Triumphant?; Chapter 7 Action Heroines in the 1980s; Chapter 8 The Cinema as Experience;
Biography
Yvonne Tasker is a freelance lecturer and writer in film and cultural studies.
