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Tracking King Kong : a Hollywood icon in world culture / Cynthia Erb.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Contemporary approaches to film and television seriesPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2009.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814334300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 081433430X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72
LOC classification:
  • PN 1997 E65t 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1997 E65t 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000194761

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.

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