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Hollywood bloodshed violence in 1980s American cinema
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Title
Hollywood bloodshed [electronic resource] : violence in 1980s American cinema / James Kendrick.
ISBN
0809386615
9780809386611
0809328887 (alk. paper)
9780809328888 (alk. paper)
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 250 p. :) ill. ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Archival Complete Foundation Collection
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Books Archival Subscription Plan
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Film, Theater, and Performing Arts Foundation Collection
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The mainstreaming of Hollywood screen violence
A bloody Renaissance: screen violence and the rise of the new Hollywood auteurs
Retreating from the world of revolution: controversies over screen violence at the dawn of the Reagan era
Pure action, packaged violence: the role of the action film in 1980s Hollywood
Fighting outward, looking inward: violence in the 1980s Vietnam film
Disavowing horror: independent production, fandom, and the fetishizing of makeup special effects
Children in danger: screen violence, Steven Spielberg, and the PG-13 rating
Conclusion: Fashioning a new screen violence from the old in the 1990s.
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