Gender and action films 2000 and beyond : transformations

Lying at the heart of the modern Action Cinema Canon is the concept of transformation. As the action genre evolves and shifts into the new millennia, innovative additions blend with nostalgic returns - the move away from a male-dominated space to feature even more prominent female roles co-exists al...

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Other Authors Gerrard, Steven (Editor), Middlemost, Renée (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
SeriesEmerald studies in popular culture and gender.
Subjects
Action and adventure films.
Women in motion pictures.
Gender identity in motion pictures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781801175203
DOI10.1108/9781801175180
Physical Description1 online resource (224 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Steven Gerrard and Renée Middlemost
  • Part 1. Aging
  • Chapter 1. Tom cruise as ethan hunt: Virtuous masculinity and ageing heroes in geriaction cinema / Kelvin Ke Jinde
  • Chapter 2. The art of making do: Ageing recent-to-action stars in hollywood-style French action cinema / Glen Donnar
  • Chapter 3. "Nothing is over. Nothing! You just don't switch it off!" - from first to last - an analysis of Rambo / Steven Gerrard
  • Part 2. Evolution
  • Chapter 4. The charlie's angels franchise: An analysis of six female action/crime characters from a feminist perspective / Juan-Pablo Osman and Nancy R. Gomez
  • Chapter 5. Artificial feminism: Fan reaction to the representation of Captain Marvel / Natalie Le Clue and Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
  • Chapter 6. 'I've waited for him': Laurie Strode's evolution from final girl to neoliberal militant in Halloween (2018) / Khara Lukancic
  • Chapter 7. Is the future feminist? A reading of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Logan (2017) / Deepthi Krishna Thota
  • Part 3. Gender, genre, and narrative transformation
  • Chapter 8. Metamodern vigilante narratives: Masculinity and trauma in Blue Ruin (2013) and You Were Never Really Here (2017) / Cain Miller
  • Chapter 9. Sartorial femininity and the upset of female masculinity in Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey (2020) / Dany S. Girard
  • Chapter 10. The queer female action spy hero in post-millennial American cinema / Claire Hines
  • Conclusion / Renée Middlemost and Steven Gerrard.

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