Action Figures : Men, Action Films, And Contemporary Adventure Narratives

Acknowledgments vi Introduction: Popular Representations of Active Masculinity since the Late 1960's 1(20) 1. Armchair Thrills and the New Adventurer 21(24) 2. "I Married Rambo": Action, Spectacle, and Melodrama 45(36) 3. Omega Men: Late 1960's and Early 1970's Action Heroes 81(32) 4. Airport Fiction: The Men of Mass-Market Literature 113(46) 5. Restaging Heroic Masculinity: Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong Action Film 159(34) Conclusion: The Future of Active Masculinity 193(16) Notes 209(14) Select Bibliography 223(4) Index 227