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Blood, Guns, and Testosterone - Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence (Paperback)
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Blood, Guns, and Testosterone - Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence (Paperback)
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Since the early days of film, the representation of masculinity has
changed considerably. In the beginning, men instinctively knew
right from wrong. They rode to the rescue and saved the day in the
nick of time to the admiration and gratitude of society. But over
the decades, heroes have evolved from being larger than life and
infallible to being cynical, washed up, unwanted outsiders. Violent
content in these films also "evolved" from fistfights and gunplay
to brutal attacks and nuclear explosions repeatedly ramping up in
frequency, intensity, and graphic depictions. But there is more to
a violent film genre than violence, and Blood, Guns, and
Testosterone: Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence
brings an entirely new understanding to the nature of such
entertainment. In this book, Barna William Donovan examines
masculinity and violence in action and adventure films and
discusses how the most ardent fans of the genre incorporate this
controversial form of entertainment into their lives. Donovan
argues that far from becoming violent, the fans of the action film
look at the genre as an artistic rumination on the nature of
violence, good and evil, and the ever-changing definitions of
manhood. At their very best, or most interesting at least, these
films may even reflect on the nature of violence, on human nature,
on aggression, and how a self-reflexive, moral society can deal
with violence. And since so much of the violence of the world has
always been perpetrated by men, action films more often than not
are contemplations of the complicated meaning of manhood. In
addition to fans of the genre, Blood, Guns, and Testosterone will
appeal to scholars of film, history, popular culture, gender
studies, and audience research.
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