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Heroes in Hard Times

Cop Action Movies in the U.S

by Neal King

Type
Studies
Subject
GenreThriller
Keywords
detective films, 1980s, 1990s
Publishing date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 282 pages
5 x 8 inches (12.5 x 20.5 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
1-56639-702-2
978-1-56639-702-5
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Book Presentation:
According to Neal King, cop action movies point both an accusatory finger and homoerotically murderous rage at powerful white men. A close look at a massive and hugely popular fictional culture, Heroes in Hard Times considers the over 190 cop action movies released between 1980 and 1997; examines the generic moral logic that they offer; and explores the crisis in American masculinity that, King argues, propels the action in their stories.

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