TY - BOOK AU - Tasker,Yvonne. TI - The hollywood action and adventure film SN - 9780470659243 PY - 2015/// PB - WILEY KW - Performing arts KW - Film KW - History & Criticism N1 - Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 1 : Action and Adventure as Genre; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 2 : Action and Adventure: Historical and Cultural Overview; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 3 : Critical Perspectives on Action and Adventure; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 4 : Silent Spectacle and Classical Adventure: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 5 : War, Violence and the American Action Hero: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Hell is for Heroes (1962); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 6 : Violence and Urban Action: Dirty Harry (1971); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 7 : Nostalgic Adventure and Recycled Culture: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Pirates of the Caribbean (2003); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 8 : Action Blockbusters in the 1980s: Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 9 : Global and Postmodern Action: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Kill Bill (2003); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 10 : Espionage Action: The Bourne Identity (2002) and Salt (2010); Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 11 : Superhero Action Cinema: X-Men (2000) and The Avengers (2012); Cover, Title,The hollywood action and adventure film--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,List of Plates--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgments--References, Appendix, Index,Bibliography--References, Appendix, Index,Index UR - http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/WILEYB0000598.html ER -