01852nam a2200361Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020003600127040002100163035002100184050002800205082001900233100002800252245012400280250001200404260005000416300001500466504006600481505043700547533015200984650007001136650002801206650003601234650003101270655002901301710001701330856012601347999001701473ebr10135724CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||050511s2006    nyu     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2005049189  z1403977232  z1403970122 (hard. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56047079914aPN1995.9.A3bG35 2006eb04a791.43/6552221 aGallagher, Mark,d1968-10aAction figuresh[electronic resource] :bmen, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives /cby Mark Gallagher.  a1st ed.  aNew York, N.Y. :bPalgrave Macmillan,cc2006.  avi, 234 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.0 aIntroduction : popular representations of active masculinity since the late 1960s -- 1. Armchair thrills and the new adventurer -- 2. "I married Rambo" : action, spectacle, and melodrama -- 3. Omega men : late 1960s and early 1970s action heroes -- 4. Airport fiction : the men of mass-market literature -- 5. Restaging heroic masculinity : Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong action film -- Conclusion : the future of active masculinity.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aAction and adventure filmszUnited StatesxHistory and criticism. 0aMen in motion pictures. 0aMasculinity in motion pictures. 0aHeroes in motion pictures. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135724zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c87016d87016