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" The ultimate Stallone reader : "
edited by Chris Holmlund.
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BL
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876672
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The ultimate Stallone reader : : Sylvester Stallone as star, icon, auteur /\ edited by Chris Holmlund.
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London ;New York :: Wallflower Press,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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1 online resource (301 pages) :: illustrations, photograph
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0231169809
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: 0231169817
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: 0231850646
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: 9780231169806
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: 9780231169813
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: 9780231850643
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9780231169806
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9780231169813
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Includes filmography: pages 263-276.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Stallone, Sylvester.
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Stallone, Sylvester.
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Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures, American-- History.
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Rocky films.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- General.
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Masculinity in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures, American.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Film Video-- History Criticism.
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Rocky films.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.430280924
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PN2287.S667.U45 2014eb
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Holmlund, Chris
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