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The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film
Yvonne Tasker
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Description for The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film
Paperback. The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the action and adventure genre in American cinema.
- Draws on a wide range of examples, spanning the silent spectacles of early cinema to the iconic superheroes of 21st-century action films
- Features case studies revealing the genre’s diverse roots – from westerns and war films, to crime and espionage movies
- Explores a rich variety of aesthetic and thematic concerns that have come to define the genre, touching on themes such as the outsider hero, violence and ... Read more
- Integrates discussion of gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality alongside genre history
- Provides a timely and richly revealing portrait of a powerful cinematic genre that has increasingly come to dominate the American cinematic landscape
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Condition
New
Weight
292g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780470659250
SKU
V9780470659250
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-27
About Yvonne Tasker
Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Film and Media at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema (1993) and Soldiers’ Stories: Military Women in Cinema and Television Since WWII (2011), and editor of Action and Adventure Cinema (2004).
Reviews for The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film
“Even for readers familiarised with the previous work of Yvonne Tasker, this book brings a new look into her main area of study, as it presents not only issues pertaining the body and the representation of women in action and adventure, but also more general elements which help understand genre criticism as a whole and the action and adventure film ... Read more