TY - BOOK AU - Erb,Cynthia Marie TI - Tracking King Kong: a Hollywood icon in world culture T2 - Contemporary approaches to film and television series SN - 9780814334300 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - PN 1997 E65t 2009 U1 - 791.43/72 PY - 2009/// CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Wayne State University Press, KW - King Kong KW - King Kong KW - King Kong (Motion picture : 1933) KW - King Kong (Película cinematográfica : 1933) KW - Historia y crítica KW - King Kong films KW - History and criticism KW - King Kong (Película Cinematográfica) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008037698.html ER -