The thrill makers : celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance
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The thrill makers : celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance
University of California Press, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index
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内容説明
Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats - jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals - had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In "The Thrill Makers", Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture.
目次
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Adventures of the Bridge Jumper 2. The Adventures of the Human Fly 3. The Adventures of the Lion Tamer 4. The Adventures of the Aeronaut Conclusion Notes Further Reading Index
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