Book
Licensed
Unlicensed
Requires Authentication
Crank it up
Jason Statham: star!
-
Edited by:
Steven Gerrard
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
Jason Statham is Britain’s most important post-millennial male film star. This book examines his work throughout a career encompassing film, television, music videos, multi-media platforms and video gaming.
Author / Editor information
Shail Robert :
Robert Shail is Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Wales, Trinity St David.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
Topics
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
i |
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
v |
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
vii |
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
ix |
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
xiii |
|
Publicly Available Download PDF |
xiv |
|
Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
1 |
|
Part I Statham and (reframing) masculinity
|
|
|
Jason Statham as postmodern hero Robert Shail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
16 |
|
Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti) hero Renee Middlemost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
29 |
|
Paul Feig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
45 |
|
The cult persona of Jason Statham, Hollywood outsider Jonathan Mack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
56 |
|
Jason Statham and the ensemble fi lm Sarah Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
71 |
|
Part II Statham and genre
case studies
|
|
|
The Bank Job (2008) and the British heist movie James Chapman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
99 |
|
Subverting genre and gender Clare Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
113 |
|
Martin Carter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
127 |
|
Part III Rebranding Statham
|
|
|
National identity in The Transporter trilogy Jennie Lewis-Vidler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
151 |
|
Exploring the virtualisation of the Statham brand Dean Bowman and Erin Pearson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
169 |
|
Expendable Expendable? Natasha Parcei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
185 |
|
Scoring Statham Shelley O’Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
198 |
|
Jason Statham’s sartorial style Steven Gerrard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
211 |
|
Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
227 |
|
Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
231 |
|
Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
236 |
|
Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed |
249 |
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 23, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9781526142788
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Other:
50 black & white illustrations
eBook ISBN:
9781526142788
Keywords for this book
branding; British identity; celebrity; film star; Hollywood; Jason Statham; masculinity; music videos; style; video games
Audience(s) for this book
General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
