| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, photograph |
| Contents |
Introduction : presenting Stallone/Stallone presents / Chris Holmlund -- Staying alive : Stallone, authorship and contemporary Hollywood aesthetics / Paul Ramaeker -- Logic is the cure, meet the disease : the melos of Cobra / Scott Higgins -- I, of the tiger : self and self-obsession in the Rocky series / Eric Lichtenfeld -- Stallone and Hollywood in transition / Mark Gallagher -- Adventures in acting : Stallone the performer / Chris Holmlund -- Stallone's stomach : Cop land and the weight of actorly legitimisation / Paul McDonald -- The Rocky effect : Sylvester Stallone as sport hero / Alexandra Keller & Frazer Ward -- 'Who wouldn't want a body like that?' : masculinity, muscularity and male audiences for the films of Sylvester Stallone / Ian Huffer -- Sylvester Stallone and John Rambo's trek across Asia : politics, performance and American empire / Gina Marchetti -- Stallone, ageing and action authenticity / Yvonne Trasker |
| Summary |
Sylvester Stallone has been a defining part of American film for nearly four decades. He has made an impact on world entertainment in a surprisingly diverse range of capacities? as actor, writer, producer, and director? all while maintaining a monolithic presence. With The Ultimate Stallone Reader, this icon finally receives concerted academic attention. Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone's contributions to mainstream cinema, independent film, and television. This volume also offers innovative approaches to star, gender, and celebrity studies, perf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes filmography: pages 263-276 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stallone, Sylvester.
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Stallone, Sylvester |
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Rocky films.
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Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures, American -- History
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Masculinity in motion pictures
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Motion pictures, American
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Rocky films
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holmlund, Chris, editor
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| ISBN |
9780231850643 |
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0231850646 |
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0231169817 |
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9780231169813 |
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0231169809 |
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9780231169806 |
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