Acknowledgments
Introduction: Violence and much more
Controversies, The Crisis, And The Films:
History of a modern crisis
Audience matters
Modern American action film
Audience:
Need for speed: the appeal of fast-paced story telling
Mirror image: finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film
Man talk: managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre
Opposition: men with a challenge-managing a well-deserved "crisis"
What women want: women talk about modern masculinity in the action film
Bloody fun: the appeal of watching violence
Conclusions: I'll be back? the future of action and masculinity in popular culture
Bibliography
Index
About the author.