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  1. Blood, guns, and testosterone
    action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Scarecrow Press, Lanham [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    89.047.25
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780810872622
    Subjects: Actionfilm; Gewalt <Motiv>; Männlichkeit <Motiv>
    Scope: XX, 259 S.
  2. Conspiracy films
    a tour of dark places in the American conscious
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, NC [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    Q 89.651.58
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780786439010; 0786439017
    Subjects: Film; Verschwörung <Motiv>
    Scope: VII, 259 S., 25x18x2 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. 259 - 264

  3. Blood, guns, and testosterone
    action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Scarecrow Press, Lanham [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Bibliothek
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780810872622
    RVK Categories: AP 53400
    Subjects: Action and adventure films; Violence in motion pictures; Masculinity in motion pictures; Actionfilm; Gewalt <Motiv>; Mann <Motiv>
    Scope: XX, 259 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. Conspiracy films
    a tour of dark places in the American conscious
    Published: c2011
    Publisher:  McFarland, Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]

    "For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the "conspiracy culture," Government, Big Business, the Church, even aliens are concealing some of the biggest secrets in American... more

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the "conspiracy culture," Government, Big Business, the Church, even aliens are concealing some of the biggest secrets in American and world history. The work paints a vivid picture of the more prevalent conspiracy theories and the entertainment they have inspired"--Provided by publisher

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780786439010
    Subjects: Conspiracy in motion pictures; Motion pictures / United States / History / 20th century; Motion pictures / United States / History / 21st century; Conspiracy theories / United States; Film; Geschichte; Film; Verschwörung <Motiv>
    Scope: VII, 274 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction: it's all a conspiracy- and we love it! -- The art of conspiracy: defining a new genre -- Enemies within: the conspiracy culture of the 1960s and '70s -- From nuclear apocalypse to conspiracy: conspiracy films of the 1960s and '70s -- Everything is connected: the conspiracy theories of the 1980s -- Aliens, rugged individualists, and incompetent conspirators: conspiracy films of the 1980s -- Millennial fears: conspiracy theories of the 1990s -- Extreme possibilities: conspiracy films of the 1990s -- Retro and false-flag conspiracies: conspiracy films of the 2000s -- Conspiracies never die: conspiracy films of the 2000s -- Conclusions: conspiracy theories-the good and the bad?

  5. Blood, Guns, and Testosterone
    Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Scarecrow Press, Lanham

    Blood, Guns, and Testosterone: Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence is a study of the modern action film as a symbolic art of masculinity and a study of this genre's fans who discuss the functions film violence fulfills in their lives.... more

    Universität Frankfurt, Elektronische Ressourcen
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    Universitätsbibliothek Gießen
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    Blood, Guns, and Testosterone: Action Films, Audiences, and a Thirst for Violence is a study of the modern action film as a symbolic art of masculinity and a study of this genre's fans who discuss the functions film violence fulfills in their lives. Far from causing real life violence, the book demonstrates that entertainment violence has important social, political, and psychological roles in modern society.

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780810872622; 9780810872639 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Subjects: Actionfilm; Gewalt <Motiv>; Männlichkeit <Motiv>
    Scope: 281 p.
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  6. Blood, guns, and testosterone
    action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham

    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780810872639
    RVK Categories: AP 53400
    Subjects: Action and adventure films; Masculinity in motion pictures; Violence in motion pictures; Actionfilm; Gewalt <Motiv>; Mann <Motiv>
    Scope: xx, 258 p
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  7. Blood, guns, and testosterone
    action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Scarecrow Press, Lanham

    Introduction: Violence and much more -- The controversies, the crisis, and the films. The history of a modern crisis -- The audience matters -- The modern American action film -- The audience. The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story... more

    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
    AP 53450 D687
    No inter-library loan

     

    Introduction: Violence and much more -- The controversies, the crisis, and the films. The history of a modern crisis -- The audience matters -- The modern American action film -- The audience. The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story telling -- Mirror image : finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film -- Man talk : managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre -- The opposition : men with a challenge--managing a well-deserved "crisis" -- What women want : women talk about modern masculinity in the action film -- Bloody fun : the appeal of watching violence -- Conclusions: I'll be back? The future of action and masculinity in popular culture

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780810872622; 0810872625; 9780810872639; 0810872633
    RVK Categories: AP 53400
    Subjects: Action and adventure films; Violence in motion pictures; Masculinity in motion pictures
    Scope: xx, 259 p, 23 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction: Violence and much more -- The controversies, the crisis, and the films. The history of a modern crisis -- The audience matters -- The modern American action film -- The audience. The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story telling -- Mirror image : finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film -- Man talk : managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre -- The opposition : men with a challenge--managing a well-deserved "crisis" -- What women want : women talk about modern masculinity in the action film -- Bloody fun : the appeal of watching violence -- Conclusions: I'll be back? The future of action and masculinity in popular culture.