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Author:   Steven Gerrard ,  Robert Shail
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781526163943

ISBN 10:   1526163942
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   26 July 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail 1 Reframing the British tough guy: Jason Statham as postmodern hero - Robert Shail 2 ‘I’m certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt’: Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti)hero - Renee Middlemost 3 The power of Statham - Paul Feig 4 ‘It’s that peasant mentality’: the cult persona of Jason Statham, Hollywood outsider - Jonathan Mack 5 A balancing act(or): Jason Statham and the ensemble film – Sarah Thomas 6 Blagging it both ways: The Bank Job and the British heist movie - James Chapman 7 Jason Statham in Spy: subverting genre and gender - Clare Smith 8 Arthouse Statham - Martin Carter 9 Transporting Jason Statham: national identity in the Transporter trilogy - Jennie Lewis-Vidler 10 The avatar hero: exploring the virtualisation of the Statham brand - Dean Bowman and Erin Pearson 11 Ageing Statham: expendable expendable? - Nathasha Parcei 12 Crank it up! Scoring Statham - Shelley O’Brien 13 Clothes make the man: Statham’s sartorial serendipity - Steven Gerrard Conclusion - Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail Index -- .

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Steven Gerrard is Reader in Film in the Northern Film School, School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University Robert Shail is Professor of Film and Director of Research in the School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University

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