{"product_id":"gender-and-action-films-1980-2000","title":"Gender and Action Films 1980-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eSylvester Stallone’s action thriller, \u003cem\u003eFirst Blood, \u003c\/em\u003ehit cinema screens in 1982, leading to the cementing of what can be called the Action Movie Canon. With films like \u003cem\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnder Siege\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTotal Recall\u003c\/em\u003e pioneering post-millennial Action Movies such as \u003cem\u003eTomb Raider\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Bourne Identity \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAtomic Blond\u003c\/em\u003ee, there is a clear trajectorial line showing that the Action Movie has radically altered to incorporate much more complex portrayals of both ‘hero’ and ‘heroine’: the Action Movie Hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the changing face of Action Movies and their representations of gender since the release of \u003cem\u003eFirst Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGender and Action Films 1980-2000\u003c\/em\u003e examines masculinity and anxiety through subjects ranging from gender spaces in action films to the buddy cop film. From transformative femininity, motherhood and machoism, action women in contemporary Colombian cinema, reconsidering gender in \u003cem\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/em\u003e, to gender, politics and 80s action – the chapters dive into everything from sword-playing and gun-shooting women and rainbow-coloured riots on Hollywood boulevard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender and Action Films 1980-2000 \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a comprehensive insight into the intertwined concepts of gender and action, and how their portrayal developed in the Action Movie genre during the final two decades of the twentieth century. A necessity for academics, students and lovers of film and media and those interested in gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251397710168,"sku":"9781801175074","price":86.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781801175074.jpg?v=1769743833","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gender-and-action-films-1980-2000","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}