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The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance

Jacob Smith
4.9/5 (13465 ratings)
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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance. To get started finding The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
282
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2012
ISBN
0520270886

The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance

Jacob Smith
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance. To get started finding The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
282
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
2012
ISBN
0520270886

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