Tracking King Kong : a Hollywood icon in world culture /
Cynthia Erb.
- 2nd edition
- Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2009.
- xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Contemporary approaches to film and television series .
- Contemporary approaches to film and television series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index. Includes filmography: pages 287-288.
A showman's dream : the production and release of King Kong -- Camera adventure, dangerous contact : documentaries and genre traditions behind King Kong -- Monstrous returns in the postwar context : Mighty Joe Young and Godzilla -- Gorilla queen and other tales : male spectatorship and the King Kong parodies -- King Kong's melancholy : a reading of Peter Jackson's King Kong.
Presents studies about the cultural impact and audience reception of ""King Kong"". This book considers problems such as race and gender in the King Kong tradition, as well as historical, international, and contemporary audience and fan responses to this classic film and its popular protagonist. It is suitable for those in film and popular culture.