a Hollywood icon in world culture Erb, Cynthia Marie creator text bibliography miu Detroit, Mich Wayne State University Press c2009 2009 2nd edition monographic eng

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xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 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. 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. Cynthia Erb. Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index. Includes filmography: pages 287-288. (Fictitious character) King Kong (Personaje ficticio) King Kong Historia y crítica King Kong films History and criticism King Kong (Película Cinematográfica) Historia y crítica PN 1997 E65t 2009 791.43/72 9780814334300 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081433430X (pbk. : alk. paper) 2008037698 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008037698.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008037698.html DLC 080825 20260218152229.0 15426150 eng