Gender and Action Films

Gender and Action Films

Road Warriors, Bombshells and Atomic Blondes

Middlemost, Renee; Gerrard, Steven

Emerald Publishing Limited

11/2022

192

Dura

Inglês

9781801175159

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction; Renee Middlemost and Steven Gerrard

Part 1. Star Bodies

Chapter 1. Road Warriors, Bombshells and Atomic Blondes: The Action Cinema of Charlize Theron; Thomas Sweet

Chapter 2. Let Rain Shine: Michelle Rodriguez - Action Star; Steven Gerrard

Chapter 3. 'Musculinity' and the Empowered Female Body in Haywire (2011); Douglas Rasmussen

Part 2. Transmedia Action

Chapter 4. Gender, Violence and Empowerment: Reworking the Female Action Hero in Dollhouse; Jessica Ford

Chapter 5. All Access Action Heroes - Between Cyberpathy and New Media; Anne Ganzert

Chapter 6. Hard Bodies in Virtual Worlds: Assessing the Reception of Abby's Spectacular Body in The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog, 2020); Dean Bowman

Part 3. Intergenerational Action

Chapter 7. Dark Fathers and Damaged Sons: The Paternal Betrayal of Jason Bourne; Toby Reynolds

Chapter 8. Beyond Actions: Remodelling Heroine-hood in The Grandmaster; Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen

Part 4. Politics and Race

Chapter 9. 'Always Bet on Black': Wesley Snipes - Action Star; Shelley O'Brien

Chapter 10. Dismal Setbacks and Stunning Breakthroughs: A Look at Pam Grier's Career and How It Changed Hollywood; Dahlia Schweitzer

Chapter 11. Playing With Type? Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rivalry, and Race in Hobbs and Shaw; Renee Middlemost

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