Gender and action films : road warriors, bombshells and atomic blondes

• Other Authors: Gerrard, Steven (Editor), Middlemost, Renée (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Emerald studies in popular culture and gender.
• Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Women in motion pictures.; Gender identity in motion pictures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801175166
• DOI: 10.1108/9781801175142
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages).

The noughties witnessed rapid change in Action Cinema, carrying with it the new action stars of the previous decade, and the boundary blurring experimentation of films such as The Matrix, that incorporated not only action but science fiction. The now dominant Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) debuted,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Renée 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 / Renée Middlemost Conclusion / Renée Middlemost and Steven Gerrard.