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Heroic Realism: Violence, Conservatism, and the Fate of Culture.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Beech, Amanda, Author.
Contributor:
Library Stack, distributor.
Series:
Urbanomic Documents ; 19
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Film criticism.
Political science.
Violence.
Genre:
Discursive works
Tracts (Ephemera)
Critical Writing.
Pamphlets.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified], Urbanomic, 2014.
Summary:
"In an epic trawl through the heroic narratives of Hollywood action movies, TV crime drama, and their maverick protagonists, from The Maltese Falcon to Dexter via 24, Amanda Beech explores the depiction of law, violence, and the politics of contingency, and asks what the resolute actions of these heroes have to tell us about conceptions of the political force of culture."-- provided by distributor.
Notes:
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Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access

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