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Outlaw heroes as liminal figures of film and television
- Title
- Outlaw heroes as liminal figures of film and television / Rebecca A. Umland.
- Author
- Umland, Rebecca A.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MFL 16-4336 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- viii, 285 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines the liminal outlaw hero's origins in medieval romance, his survival in the mythology of the Hollywood western and his incarnations in the urban Western and modern action film. "--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. The legacy of the true knight and the liminal outlaw hero -- The typology of the true knight: Sir Thomas Malory's Lancelot -- Chivalry, the medieval revival and the popular imagination -- True knighthood and the liminal outlaw hero in classic Hollywood film -- Remediation: the rise of television and the liminal outlaw hero -- Part 2. The liminal outlaw hero and the rise of the urban western -- Poetic justice and the Dirty Harry franchise (1971/1988) -- "Now cracks a noble heart": revenge fantasy in the Death wish series (1974/1994) -- Part 3: The liminal outlaw hero in the modern action film -- Reconciling opposites in the Rambo franchise (1982/2008) -- Dark days and the dark knight in Gotham City (2005/2012).
- Call Number
- MFL 16-4336
- ISBN
- 9780786479887
- 0786479884
- LCCN
- 2016009359
- OCLC
- 922631637
- Author
- Umland, Rebecca A., author.
- Title
- Outlaw heroes as liminal figures of film and television / Rebecca A. Umland.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 16-4336