Gender and Action Films 1980-2000

Gender and Action Films 1980-2000

Beauty in Motion

Gerrard, Steven; Middlemost, Renee

Emerald Publishing Limited

11/2022

248

Dura

Inglês

9781801175074

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction; Steven Gerrard and Renee Middlemost

Part 1. Masculinity and Anxiety

Chapter 1. From Total Recall to Last Action Hero(ine): Sex, Violence and Sharon Stone in the 1990s; Susan Hopkins

Chapter 2. Gender Spaces in Action Films: The Mad Max Franchise; Eduardo Barros-Grela

Chapter 3. "I'll be no man's slave and no man's whore, and if I can't kill them all, by the gods they'll know I've tried." Swords, Sorcery and Barbarian Queens; Steven Gerrard

Chapter 4. Masculinity and the Buddy Cop Film; Racheal Harris

Chapter 5. Riding the Waves of Crisis: Point Break and Masculinity in 1990s American Action Cinema; Kate Bowen

Part 2. Transformative Femininity

Chapter 6. Motherhood and Machoism: The Multi-Dimensional Ellen Ripley of James Cameron's Aliens; Brennan Thomas

Chapter 7. Babes on Bikes: Shame, Rape Revenge, and a Woman on a Motorcycle as an Action Heroine; Rebecca Johinke

Chapter 8. Action Women in Contemporary Colombian Cinema: Female Warriors and Emancipations Within Illegal Armed Organisations; Karol Valderrama-Burgos

Chapter 9. 'Sexism in Survival Situations': Reconsidering Gender in Jurassic Park; Travis Holland and Lisa Watt

Part 3. Gender/Politics and 80s Action

Chapter 10. Sword-Wielding and Gun-Shooting Women: Gender and Post-Colonial Hong Kong in Wong Kar-wai's Films; Chin-Pang Lei

Chapter 11. Gender, Ideational Populism, and the Eighties Action Cinema; John Quinn

Chapter 12. A Rainbow-Coloured Riot on Hollywood Boulevard: Even an Avenging Angel Needs a Little Help From Her Elderly and LGBTQ Friends Sometimes; Lee Broughton

Part 4. Gender and Action Stars

Chapter 13. Arnold's Anima: Gender Subversion in Schwarzenegger's Commando; Tim Butler Garrett

Chapter 14. From The One to John Wick: Keanu Reeves and the Action Genre; Rebecca Feasey

Conclusion; Steven Gerrard and Renee Middlemost
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Action genre; Social change; Social issues; Action stars; Female representation; Gender and sexuality; Race; Social movements; Feminism