{"product_id":"action-and-adventure-cinema-9780415235075","title":"Action and Adventure Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes explored include genre and definitions; early action, sensation and melodrama; authorship and action; national and transnational action-adventure traditions; action aesthetics; spectacle and narrative; stars and bodies; class; gender; race and ethnicity.  \u003cp\u003eAttempting to evaluate the significance of this type of filmmaking for both popular cinema and film studies, the book underlines the central place of action and adventure within film history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvonne Tasker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 7.28w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415235075","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45053399629939,"sku":"9780415235075","price":93.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bb7a27a3-3117-4bcf-ad16-0c0183cb3d2e.jpg?v=1779970012","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/action-and-adventure-cinema-9780415235075","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}