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Action, Detection and Shane Black: Antiessentialist Genre Theory and Its Application (Paperback)

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Nils Bothmann applies antiessentialist genre theory to study the fusion of the action and the detection genre in the hybrid genre of detAction, focusing on the work of screenwriter and director Shane Black. After providing antiessentialist definitions of all three genres, the author undertakes close readings of Black's work in order to analyze depictions of race and gender as well as the role of intermediality and genre hybridity in detAction.​

About the Author


Dr. Nils Bothmann is a film and media scholar. His research interests include genre theory, action movies, gender and crime fiction.

Product Details
ISBN: 9783658240776
ISBN-10: 3658240776
Publisher: Springer vs
Publication Date: November 19th, 2018
Pages: 344
Language: English