Heroes in Hard Times
Cop Action Movies in the U.S
by Neal King
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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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