The Resource The Hollywood action and adventure film, Yvonne Tasker
The Hollywood action and adventure film, Yvonne Tasker
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The item The Hollywood action and adventure film, Yvonne Tasker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "Provides a timely and richly revealing portrait of a powerful cinematic genre that has increasingly come to dominate the American cinematic landscape"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1
- Extent
- xi, 205 pages
- Contents
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- Action and adventure as genre
- Action and adventure: historical and cultural overview
- Critical perspectives on action and adventure
- Silent spectacle and classical adventure: 'The thief of Bagdad' (1924) and 'The adventures of Robin Hood' (1938)
- War, violence and the American action hero: 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (1949) and 'Hell is for heroes' (1962)
- Violence and urban action: 'Dirty Harry' (1971)
- Nostalgic adventure and recycled culture: 'Raiders of the lost ark' (1981) and 'Pirates of the Caribbean' (2003)
- Action blockbusters of the 1980s: 'Rambo: first blood part II' (1985) and 'Die hard' (1988)
- Global and postmodern action: 'Crouching tiger, hidden dragon' (2000) and 'Kill Bill' (2003)
- Espionage action: 'The Bourne identity' (2002) and 'Salt' (2010)
- Superhero action cinema: 'X-men' (2000) and 'The avengers' (2012)
- Isbn
- 9780470659250
- Label
- The Hollywood action and adventure film
- Title
- The Hollywood action and adventure film
- Statement of responsibility
- Yvonne Tasker
- Subject
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- Films d'aventures -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism
- United States
- Action and adventure films
- Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Provides a timely and richly revealing portrait of a powerful cinematic genre that has increasingly come to dominate the American cinematic landscape"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tasker, Yvonne
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- New approaches to film genre
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Action and adventure films
- Films d'aventures
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Action and adventure films
- United States
- Label
- The Hollywood action and adventure film, Yvonne Tasker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Action and adventure as genre -- Action and adventure: historical and cultural overview -- Critical perspectives on action and adventure -- Silent spectacle and classical adventure: 'The thief of Bagdad' (1924) and 'The adventures of Robin Hood' (1938) -- War, violence and the American action hero: 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (1949) and 'Hell is for heroes' (1962) -- Violence and urban action: 'Dirty Harry' (1971) -- Nostalgic adventure and recycled culture: 'Raiders of the lost ark' (1981) and 'Pirates of the Caribbean' (2003) -- Action blockbusters of the 1980s: 'Rambo: first blood part II' (1985) and 'Die hard' (1988) -- Global and postmodern action: 'Crouching tiger, hidden dragon' (2000) and 'Kill Bill' (2003) -- Espionage action: 'The Bourne identity' (2002) and 'Salt' (2010) -- Superhero action cinema: 'X-men' (2000) and 'The avengers' (2012)
- Control code
- 898750324
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1
- Extent
- xi, 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780470659250
- Lccn
- 2014047943
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025044517
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898750324
- Label
- The Hollywood action and adventure film, Yvonne Tasker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Action and adventure as genre -- Action and adventure: historical and cultural overview -- Critical perspectives on action and adventure -- Silent spectacle and classical adventure: 'The thief of Bagdad' (1924) and 'The adventures of Robin Hood' (1938) -- War, violence and the American action hero: 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (1949) and 'Hell is for heroes' (1962) -- Violence and urban action: 'Dirty Harry' (1971) -- Nostalgic adventure and recycled culture: 'Raiders of the lost ark' (1981) and 'Pirates of the Caribbean' (2003) -- Action blockbusters of the 1980s: 'Rambo: first blood part II' (1985) and 'Die hard' (1988) -- Global and postmodern action: 'Crouching tiger, hidden dragon' (2000) and 'Kill Bill' (2003) -- Espionage action: 'The Bourne identity' (2002) and 'Salt' (2010) -- Superhero action cinema: 'X-men' (2000) and 'The avengers' (2012)
- Control code
- 898750324
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1
- Extent
- xi, 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780470659250
- Lccn
- 2014047943
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025044517
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898750324
Subject
- Films d'aventures -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism
- United States
- Action and adventure films
- Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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