Blood, guns, and testosterone : action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence /
Donovan, Barna William, 1970-
Blood, guns, and testosterone : action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence / Barna William Donovan. - Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010. - xx, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Violence and much more -- The controversies, the crisis, and the films. The history of a modern crisis -- The audience matters -- The modern American action film -- The audience. The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story telling -- Mirror image : finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film -- Man talk : managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre -- The opposition : men with a challenge--managing a well-deserved "crisis" -- What women want : women talk about modern masculinity in the action film -- Bloody fun : the appeal of watching violence -- Conclusions: I'll be back? The future of action and masculinity in popular culture.
9780810872622 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0810872625
2009027871
Action and adventure films--History and criticism.
Violence in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
PN1995.9.A3 / D68 2010
791.43/655
Blood, guns, and testosterone : action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence / Barna William Donovan. - Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010. - xx, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Violence and much more -- The controversies, the crisis, and the films. The history of a modern crisis -- The audience matters -- The modern American action film -- The audience. The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story telling -- Mirror image : finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film -- Man talk : managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre -- The opposition : men with a challenge--managing a well-deserved "crisis" -- What women want : women talk about modern masculinity in the action film -- Bloody fun : the appeal of watching violence -- Conclusions: I'll be back? The future of action and masculinity in popular culture.
9780810872622 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0810872625
2009027871
Action and adventure films--History and criticism.
Violence in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
PN1995.9.A3 / D68 2010
791.43/655